Montreal-based, post-punk trio Heat revealed their new single Sometimes via Exclaim Magazine ahead of the release their debut album, ‘Overnight,’ due out on January 20, 2017 via The Hand Recordings (CAN) / Topshelf Records (US) / Rallye Records (JP). Listen to the track here. 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.”
Heat have also announced a Canadian tour. All dates below.
Tour dates
02.02.17 – Ritz PDB, Montreal, QC w/ Hoan, Bodywash
02.04.17 – L’Anti, Quebec, QC w/ Los
02.08.17 – Dominion Tavern, Ottawa, ON
02.09.17 – Baby G, Toronto, ON
02.10.17 – NZK Palace, London, ON
02.11.17 – Hillside Inside, Guelph, ON
02.12.17 – Casbah, Hamilton, ON
02.24.17 – La Petite Boite Noire, Sherbrooke, QC
02.25.17 – Cafe du Clocher, Alma, QC w/ Los
03.03.17 – Cafe Frida, Trois-Rivières, QC w/ Adam Strangler
03.04.17 – Zaricot, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC
03.16.17 – 03.19.17 – SXSW Festival, Austin, TX
04.18.17 – Callahans Pub, St John, NB
04.19.17 – Thunder & Lightning, Sackville, NB
04.20.17 – Seahorse Tavern, Halifax, NS
04.21.17 – Flourish Festival, Fredericton, NB
04.22.17 – Claude’s House, Moncton, NB
More about Heat?
One only needs to take a quick glance at the bands that Montreal trio 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.
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
