Knock Knock Knock - Hot Hot Heat

7	Listal rating

Manufacturer : Sub Pop
Release date : 13 December 2008
Number of discs : 1
EAN : 0098787059427
UPC : 098787059427

Alternative (1), Ep (1)

Description

2002 release on Sub Pop from Victoria, BC based Hot Hot Heat. Five songs, 'Le Le Low', '5 Times Out Of 100', 'Have A Good Sleep', 'Touch You Touch You', 'More For Show', in 16 minutes produced in part by Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla.

Performed by

Hot Hot Heat

Track listing

1. Le Le Low
2. 5 Times Out of 100
3. Have a Good Sleep
4. Touch You Touch You
5. More for Show

Ratings of Knock Knock Knock

7/10
2 global ratings

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Knock Knock Knock

Posted : 1 month ago at Nov 16 14:01

Hot Hot Heat’s five song EP Knock Knock Knock is as quirky and jittery a neo-New Wave alternative dance party as Make Up the Breakdown. In fact, these songs wouldn’t sound out of place wedged onto the end of Breakdown. Bays’ nasal brat-punk voice is tailor made for music like this. “Have a Good Sleep” owes an obvious debt to Gang of Four (guitars), Elvis Costello (lyrics) and the Police (the almost ragga-like keyboards). “5 Times Out of 100” jerks back and forth between energetic party song and a dark, chaotic mid-tempo breather. And the metallic boot stomp intro to “Touch You Touch You” sounds like pure Devo-esque nerdy art-punk New Wave. While Hot Hot Heat never sound like they’re biting the style and posing as these bands, they do sound like they’re merging their r...Read more

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