"The Hot Stepper fills a massive room / Like a cheap perfume / What a thing to do..."
The artful alt punk rock flex and badassery of "Hot Stepper", by London UK explosive post punkers CAN'T STOP TALKING, is at once a full frontal brash sonic assault and communal sing-a-long all at once. The absolute unrestrained barrage of sound including Hannah Pemberton's beautifully textured dirty bass attack, Luca Volpi's sludgy heavy handed drumming, Daniel Autorino's screaming guitar lines and brother Jamie Autorino's brazenly cocksure vocal countenance pushes you in the chest while pulling you close for love hugs too. Crafting or exorcising this kind of sound is harder than you think, it can't be faked and the subversive nature has to be made out of whole cloth and I couldn't help but think of the double fisted drunken stumbles of The Butthole Surfers circa "Dust Devil" from their 1993 album "Independent Worm Saloon" colliding with Them Crooked Vultures' self titled 2009 album and then spinning out straight into Idles' circa "Joy as an Act of Resistance" (2018). You might feel connections, adjacent hysteria to other artists but that's what I am feeling and it feels rad.
LINER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):
[CAN'T STOP TALKING are a modern post-punk band driven by raw energy, sharp hooks, and biting lyrics. Their sound is loud, urgent, and cathartic, built for sweaty rooms and explosive live shows. The band channel tension and frustration into songs that hit hard, change shape, and stay unpredictable. In under two years, they’ve played over 100 shows, building a reputation for relentless live sets and growing momentum. Armed with big songs and a sense of menace, they’re quickly becoming a band that’s hard to ignore.]
LYRICS
The Hot Stepper fills a massive room
Like a cheap perfume
What a thing to do
And yeah the Hot Stepper’s straight to front of the queue
In his two-tone brogues, he is dancing the blues
The family tells him he’s no good
Cos he’s the Hot Stepper and he’s coming for you
And I say
The Hot Stepper
Setting fire to the room
The Hot Stepper
Coming for you
You’re not the there
You’re not anywhere
The Hot Stepper
The night wrecker
He’s out to get ya
And no one can argue
He’s not the same
He’s a bloodsucker made of taboo
He’s rock ‘n’ rollin’ with a left field point of view
He’s outspoken
All your buttons he’ll be poking
He moves like a feather
Ain’t a single fella better
He’s the
Hot Stepper
Setting fire to the room
The Hot Stepper
Coming for you
You’re not there
You’re never there
The Hot Stepper
The night wrecker
He’s out out to get ya
And no one can argue
The Hot Stepper
Setting fire to the moon
Yeah he’s the Hot Stepper
Coming for you
And no one can argue
The Hot Stepper
He’s higher than the moon
Cos he’s the Hot Stepper
And he’s coming for you
And no one can argue
-Robb Donker Curtius
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
https://www.instagram.com/cantstoptalkingband/
https://www.cantstoptalking.com/
CAN'T STOP TALKING are a modern post-punk band driven by raw energy, sharp hooks, and biting lyrics. Their sound is loud, urgent, and cathartic, built for sweaty rooms and explosive live shows. Formed by brothers Jamie Autorino (vocals) and Daniel Autorino (guitar), alongside Luca Volpi (drums) and Hannah Pemberton (bass), the band channel tension and frustration into songs that hit hard, change shape, and stay unpredictable. In under two years, they’ve played over 100 shows, building a reputation for relentless live sets and growing momentum. Armed with big songs and a sense of menace, they’re quickly becoming a band that’s hard to ignore.
The Hot Stepper fills a massive room
Like a cheap perfume
What a thing to do
And yeah the Hot Stepper’s straight to front of the queue
In his two-tone brogues, he is dancing the blues
The family tells him he’s no good
Cos he’s the Hot Stepper and he’s coming for you
And I say
The Hot Stepper
Setting fire to the room
The Hot Stepper
Coming for you
You’re not the there
You’re not anywhere
The Hot Stepper
The night wrecker
He’s out to get ya
And no one can argue
He’s not the same
He’s a bloodsucker made of taboo
He’s rock ‘n’ rollin’ with a left field point of view
He’s outspoken
All your buttons he’ll be poking
He moves like a feather
Ain’t a single fella better
He’s the
Hot Stepper
Setting fire to the room
The Hot Stepper
Coming for you
You’re not there
You’re never there
The Hot Stepper
The night wrecker
He’s out out to get ya
And no one can argue
The Hot Stepper
Setting fire to the moon
Yeah he’s the Hot Stepper
Coming for you
And no one can argue
The Hot Stepper
He’s higher than the moon
Cos he’s the Hot Stepper
And he’s coming for you
And no one can argue
-Robb Donker Curtius
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://www.instagram.com/cantstoptalkingband/
https://www.cantstoptalking.com/
CAN'T STOP TALKING are a modern post-punk band driven by raw energy, sharp hooks, and biting lyrics. Their sound is loud, urgent, and cathartic, built for sweaty rooms and explosive live shows. Formed by brothers Jamie Autorino (vocals) and Daniel Autorino (guitar), alongside Luca Volpi (drums) and Hannah Pemberton (bass), the band channel tension and frustration into songs that hit hard, change shape, and stay unpredictable. In under two years, they’ve played over 100 shows, building a reputation for relentless live sets and growing momentum. Armed with big songs and a sense of menace, they’re quickly becoming a band that’s hard to ignore.
CAN'T STOP TALKING, alt rock, punk, post punk, raucous, social commentary, heavy guitars, dirty bass, brash bold assaultive vocal performance, London UK, Jamie and Daniel Autorino, "Hot Stepper", brazen, double fisted, cathartic,
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