photo by Ismael Quintanilla III
If "Have You Ever?" by Austin based post punk noir outfit Urban Heat was a movie, and not a song. I would imagine the protagonist would be bloodied and bruised, having spent a lot of time robbing Peter to pay Paul to get Pauline and run away together. Maybe it is because the synth shapes sound as exasperated and passionately dark as Jonathan Horstmann's commanding vocal aesthetic. Jonathan's voice is darkly romantic, with a back in the throat howl, fully dramatic and seriously cool like an amalgam of She Wants Revenge's Justin Warfield and The Kerosene Hours. I said in a previous review that Urban Heat's sound (circa 1978 proto punk meets 80's new wave meets current retro art punk) feels like a body of dystopian water (or mirage) surrounded by palm trees on fire and I will stand with that description.
[In 2020 the band caught the attention of Brett Orrison (Jack White, The Black Angels) and signed to Spaceflight Records. The band’s "Wellness" EP was produced by Jonas Wilson (BP Fallon, The Ghost Wolves) and is slated for release in July 2022.]
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/urbanheatband/
https://www.instagram.com/urbanheatband/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Dc9FlL6znNOM7854ghaRp
https://www.tiktok.com/@urbanheatband
Urban Heat are a 3-piece American post-punk band from Austin, TX. The band formed in 2019 when creative center Jonathan Horstmann enlisted Kevin Naquin and Paxel Foley to form a live show based on his analog sound design experiments. The result fuses dark 80's stylings with modern flourishes, with Horstmann's throaty baritone delivering musings on existence and romanticism against an unrelenting industrial gothic pulse. Their live show is undeniably energetic and engaging, earning them slots at Seattle’s Freakout Fest in 2021 and SXSW 2020 and 2022. In 2019 Horstmann was selected as a member of Project ATX6, which saw the band’s frontperson performing at Thailand's Jai Thep Festival and CMW in Toronto.
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We get by with a little help from our friends
alternative rock, Urban Heat, Post-Punk, Gothic / Dark Wave, Austin, Texas, art punk, alt rock, retro art punk, proto post punk, "Have You Ever?", "Wellness" EP, Spaceflight Records,
https://www.facebook.com/urbanheatband/
https://www.instagram.com/urbanheatband/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Dc9FlL6znNOM7854ghaRp
https://www.tiktok.com/@urbanheatband
Urban Heat are a 3-piece American post-punk band from Austin, TX. The band formed in 2019 when creative center Jonathan Horstmann enlisted Kevin Naquin and Paxel Foley to form a live show based on his analog sound design experiments. The result fuses dark 80's stylings with modern flourishes, with Horstmann's throaty baritone delivering musings on existence and romanticism against an unrelenting industrial gothic pulse. Their live show is undeniably energetic and engaging, earning them slots at Seattle’s Freakout Fest in 2021 and SXSW 2020 and 2022. In 2019 Horstmann was selected as a member of Project ATX6, which saw the band’s frontperson performing at Thailand's Jai Thep Festival and CMW in Toronto.
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We get by with a little help from our friends
alternative rock, Urban Heat, Post-Punk, Gothic / Dark Wave, Austin, Texas, art punk, alt rock, retro art punk, proto post punk, "Have You Ever?", "Wellness" EP, Spaceflight Records,
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