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Hot Hot Heat
- Record Label: Kaw-Liga Records / Universal Music
- Release Date: Jun 24, 2016
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Jul 15, 2016An appropriately joyful and celebratory eulogy.
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Jun 24, 2016At its best, Hot Hot Heat is a reminder of what’s made these guys consistently good and periodically great.
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Jul 7, 2016With just the right mix of nostalgia and looking forward to what's next, Hot Hot Heat puts a neat bow on the band's career.
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Jun 29, 2016On Hot Hot Heat, the quartet jettison stylistic pretensions altogether in order to write their best batch of songs in a decade. There's a sense of nostalgia that permeates these ten tracks.
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Jun 23, 2016There are moments when their roots peek through, such as on 'Sad Sad Situation,' but this record feels more like a well thought through progression and career finisher than an attempt to indulge in nostalgia.
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Jul 7, 2016Rarely does a band bid you farewell and admit it overstayed its welcome in the same breath.
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Jun 23, 2016The resulting record is catchy, but ultimately falls as flat as all their other attempts to recreate the magic of that first release, unable to capture the imagination, energy, and urgency of Make Up the Breakdown.
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Jun 23, 2016Too often there’s simply a lack of focus to the songs on this album, which would have benefitted from keeping things a lot more simple and in line with The Strokes’ indie rulebook.
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Jul 19, 2016This album demonstrates that the desire disappeared long ago and that they were simply prolonging their career to delay the inevitable. For Hot Hot Heat, the fire has definitely gone out.