The Heat Inc. Drop A Driving Rock Record

BuzzSlayers
Jun 9
3 min read

An album release from delivers a soiree of rock tonality that takes a threshing alternative rock and brings it into some fuzz tone garage aesthetic, but then adds cinematic vastness in the undertones at times giving songs this depth, but I think the thing that hits the hardest is the actual Sonic drive of these songs.

Asleep In The Ejector Seat comes in swinging with the first track "Souvenir" which introduces itself with a rattling and sort of gritty bass guitar tone, echo affected vocals, and drumming that just drives the whole thing until it explodes into that massive guitar section where everything gets heavier, and this is an amazing track to introduce the record with simply because it does both some of the best staples that the album has to offer as a whole.

There is an almost theatrical sense to attract like this. I love the way the vocals are performed because they are robust and a bit animated. They have attitude or swagger,

You could hear that sort of soulful, almost bluesy, but still super edgy swag in those vocals a lot throughout the record.

I think this is part of what gives this album its character.

Then you have songs like "Little Knuckle Charlie", which is honestly one of my favorites from the record.

Songs like this combine the first tone or heavy sonic element with the driving bass guitar and give the whole thing a sort of atmosphere and aesthetic that's all its own.

You do get this sense of depth or bigness when you hear a song like this because the way that it was recorded and the way it was mixed really bring this thing to life.

A lot of this record has the air of a live performance, and that's something that is super unique simply because you don't get it often.

You don't always hear a track on a record and immediately know that seeing that band live would be awesome. This record is one of those exceptions.

It's like everyone in the band is feeding off of each other's energy the entire time, and that's what gives a lot of this thing the sense of being alive and breathing.

Their tracks have a more twangy clean guitar tone that then again, sort of explodes into a bigger soundscape, but when the guitars are 20 like that, it almost feels like you're watching a scene from an old western movie.

Tracks like "This Thing Called Love" make this work wonders, and the combination with that alternative rock edginess they bring to the table along with it.

Then you have songs that are bursting with punk rock aesthetic and tone like "Alaska Murder Squad", which certainly packs a lot of punch and thrashes out with a slightly rambunctious undertone.

So, this is clearly a record that you need to listen to all the way through.

Listening to one or two tracks from this release may give you a gist or idea of what you can expect on the record, but it will not give you the full spectrum of what the album has to offer.

This is an experience in rock music. It is heavy, driving, engulfing sonically, and has a crisp and unique edginess and attitude that all come together seamlessly.

The record closes with a song called 'Ultraviolence", which, to me, is a very cinematic single.

This is one of the tracks that brings that expansive or vastness to the underbelly of the record, giving it a lot of layers and depth.

There are plenty of surprises throughout this record, like this one, and I feel like this is a track that actually closes the record incredibly well, also.

You get that dark, looming sort of edginess with songs like this, and I feel like that's part of the aesthetic of this band's approach.

This was a massive record that brought together a slew of heavy rock influences and really created something that was a bit boundless and really thriving in terms of that sonic presence. I just can't mention that enough. The tone of this record is intense.

I would definitely listen to this one from start to finish and turn it nice and loud because it's one of the best ways to listen.

Take a deep dive into this record as soon as you can and remember where you heard it first.