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Joined: August 07, 2007
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NEW ALBUM - HAPPINESS LTD. IN STORES NOW!
Hot Hot Heat began writing new material in January 2005, the very day they launched a globe-trotting tour to support Elevator. "We wanted this record to be written on the road," says the band's co-founder and frontman Steve Bays, "partly so the influences would be more varied, but also so we could test out the songs live before we recorded them. We wrote music everywhere — Spain, Japan, Australia, the U.K. — so each song has a different mood."

While the new album retains Hot Hot Heat's trademark playful melodies and witty wordplay, Bays says that what started out as a modest, live-sounding effort ending up being the band's most adventurous and experimental album yet. "It's difficult to describe its overall musical direction, but if I had to choose two adjectives I'd go with 'big' and 'aggressive,'" he says. "As a band, we got most excited about the over-the-top, epic-sounding songs, so we kept pushing the tracks that way. The album has its fair share of seedy club songs, but they are dirtier and darker."

Lyrically, the album is about struggling to hold on to optimism and innocence in the wake of having your heart crushed. "It covers the journey from bliss to misery and the attempt to get back to bliss, while acknowledging how exciting the ride can be in between," Bays says. "There's an arc to the record as a whole; it almost comes across like a film, musically and lyrically."

Hot Hot Heat's new album — the first with guitarist Luke Paquin, who joined the group after the departure of guitarist Dante DeCaro — was co-produced by the band, which also includes drummer Paul Hawley and bassist Dustin Hawthorne, and an array of top-notch producers including former Marvelous 3 frontman Butch Walker, legendary mixer Tim Palmer (U2, David Bowie, the Cure), and Rob Cavallo, known for his work with Green Day and My Chemical Romance amongst many others. "We were way more involved with the production on this record than ever before," Bays says, "so it made sense to work with certain people on certain songs."

The forthcoming release boasts a host of wonderfully unique songs. According to Bays, "'Outta Heart' is the most non-Hot Hot Heat song we've ever done." The song features falsetto vocals, Theremin, a full orchestra, and "a gang of girls singing backup." Bays says the last song written for the album, "Harmonicas & Tambourines," has lots of tricks - like four drum kits at once - that make it more than just a dance song. "It's seedy and dark, but pretty," he says.

"Like every album we've done, the new one feels drastically different than our previous ones," Bays says. "We put a lot of emphasis on surprise this time around. There are lots of twists and turns and unpredictable arrangements and instrumentation choices — yet somehow it maintains an overall timelessness."

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AdmiralD0A| May 06, 2008
your music really speaks to me you guys. keep up the great work and i hope i can see you all one day at a show! awesome music guys! awesome!
farcett12| May 01, 2008
omg u guys rok my socks!! :)
gumbajen| April 05, 2008
Saw you guys yesterday at the V Festival in Melbourne. Freakin awesome set - you rocked it!
Chrissybanger| March 30, 2008
540 something subscribers later i discover one of my favorite bands has a youtube. LOL
Iw0nderab0utl0ve| March 27, 2008
i LOVE you guys like fucking hell! you are one of my favorite bands ever
Ramsespoy0| March 20, 2008
sub please & I'll sub bacl...
ratie101| March 01, 2008
ok i saw you guys for the first time the other day and i must say

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

omg i just cant get over you!!!!!!!!

tour down in san diego!!!

AMAZING!
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commania| February 22, 2008
Your latest work lacks originality, enery, and inspiration, pls bring bback the hhh i loved.

Remember "Le Le Low"?

"Where's all your passion gone?
Where's all your passion gone?
Where's all your passion gone?
Now thats you're famous"
sweettooth459| February 20, 2008
yall are one of my ALL TIME FAVORITES! come to austin i missed yall at emo's last time. :(