Montreal’s Heat announce debut album ‘Overnight’ + share first single ‘Lush’

November 10, 2016 cultureaddicts indie, live, music, new release 0

Heat

Montreal-based, post-punk trio Heat will release their debut album,’Overnight,’ on January 20, 2017 via  The Hand Recordings (CAN) / Topshelf Records (US) / Rallye Records (JP). Heat’s dark bruising swagger has been praised by BrooklynVegan for its “equal parts hooks, melody and attitude,” with NME calling them “one of the most exciting bands we’ve heard all year.”

You can take a listen to the lead single lifted from ‘Overnight’ entitled Lush via Soundcloud below.

 

‘Overnight’ will be released on January 20th 2017 via The Hand Recordings (CAN) / Topshelf Records (US) / Rallye Records (JP).

Track listing

1. City Limits
2. Sometimes
3. Lush
4. The Unknown
5. Rose De Lima
6. Cold Hard Morning Light
7. Still, Soft
8. Long Time Coming
9. Chains

 

Heat have also announced a Canadian tour. All dates below.

Tour dates

11.19.16 – Montreal, QC @ Matah Hari, M for Montreal
02.02.17 – Montreal, QC @ Ritz PDB
02.04.17 – Quebec, QC @ L’Anti
02.08.17 – Ottawa, ON @ Dominion Tavern
02.09.17 – Toronto, ON @ Baby G
02.10.17 – London, ON @ NZK Palace
02.11.17 – Guelph, ON @ Hillside Inside Festival
02.12.17 – Hamilton, ON @ Casbah
02.24.17 – Sherbrooke, QC @ La Petite Boite Noire
03.04.17 – Saint-Hyacinthe, QC @ Zaricot
03.14.17 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.15.17 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.16.17 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.17.17 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.18.17 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03.19.17 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
04.18.17 – St John, NB @ Callahans Pub
04.19.17 – Sackville, NB @ Thunder & Lightning
04.20.17 – Halifax, NS @ Seahorse Tavern
04.21.17 – Fredericton, NB @ Flourish Festival
04.22.17 – Moncton, NB @ Claude’s House

More about Heat? One only needs to take a quick glance at the bands that Montreal quintet Heat have been compared with to get a firm grasp on the visceral, wholesome noise they produce. From the brash pop of Echo and the Bunnymen to the post-punk leanings of Psychedelic Furs, this is a band that proudly take their place in the great alt-rock lineage, delivering rousing, thrilling anthems for the disenfranchised. Initially starting as “as an excuse to get together and drink”, Heat has grown in to something far more significant – and new record ‘Overnight’ offers their most notable work to-date.

Recorded at Montreal’s Breakglass Studio, the recording process was something of a rocky road for the band but the resulting record is a vehement leap forward, and one that looks set to cement Heat’s status as one of Canada’s most formidable exports. Led by the band’s three founding members, Susil Sharma (Vocals, Guitar, Synth), Matthew Fiorentino (Guitar, Synth), and Raphael Bussieres (Bass),  Overnight feels resolutely solid; old-school aesthetics delivered with a defiantly fresh-faced outlook.

Showcasing the bands shadowy undertones, lead single Lush is a heavy-hearted meeting of dark sentiments and inventive instrumentals, while closing track Chains offers something altogether more sparkling; a wildly ambitious seven-minute trip that matches Sharma’s slurring, hangover-ridden vocal with colorful washes of spaced-out, guitar-led soundscapes that sits alongside the likes of Preoccupations and DIIV at the forefront of the current alternative scene.

Co-produced by Grammy Award winner Alex Newport, who has worked with the likes of Death Cab and At The Drive In, ‘Overnight’ is another significant milestone in Heat’s turbulent, tempestuous journey, but it’s a record that sees the band thriving in their current predicament. Ragged, raging, and unrestrained – they’ve simply never sounded better.