About Ace of Hearts Records:
Ace of Hearts released terrific albums by the aforementioned bands and others, but it's really the 25 tunes here that had the most impact. In particular, Mission of Burma's "Academy Fight Song" backed with "Max Ernst" and the Lyres' "I Want to Help You Ann" with "I Really Want You Right Now" had nationwide repercussions, fueling the post-punk era and the second coming of garage rock. By TED DROZDOWSKI, http://thephoenix.com
Heat From a DeadStar has released 3 EPs and toured in Europe for 4 years before being signed
by the producer Rick Harte (Mission of Burma, The Lyres). Their first album is to be released
in Fall 2008 by Ace of Heart Records, Boston , MA . Recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago
(Steve Albini's studio) and at Q Division Studios in Boston by Rick Harte and Bob Weston
(Shellac, Mission of Burma), the 13 songs swing from noise rock to experimental sonic
ventures.
Heat From a DeadStar's music spans over various genres without belonging to any:
"This is music of blackhole darkness and raging intensity. But it's constructed from a pattern of
short repeats that's bizarrely catchy" Opposition T Webzine
"[....]65days style bass and spooky guitars morph into the sound of crying monsters, and twisty
time signatures barrage their way through brick walls,[...]" God is in the TV Webzine
"There's always a place for this wonderful noiseniks,taking the surging rushes of Godspeed,
marrying it to the intense atmospheric brilliance of Mogwai and the melodic, almost orchestral
sounds of early Mercury Rev[...]" Subba-Cultcha Webzine
L i v e R e v i e w / Mon 7 November 2005 @ The Hope and Anchor
Three men with a message: a message that builds. Tribal drumming opens. Subtly piping keyboard grows into a space storm. Bass emerges, a fussin' and a botherin'. Then spooky guitar rears, grunts and reverbs. Suddenly, the trio break into a classic rock'n'roll intro. They follow on with five wild musical experiments. Grinding guitar, whistling and squealing feedback, mad fx pedalling, a Black Sabbath of diabolic revs and slashes. The bass man's tunes jerk and spider, strings bending, mad slides, frenetic speed and groovy slapping. This chap plays keyboard with his feet - not foot pedals, yer actual keys. Beats are stilted, but graspable, tempos frayed, but nothing broken. Hawkwind, Black Sabbath and Spiritualized thrown together and forced through the grinder.
Heat From a DeadStar made my week. This is music of blackhole darkness and raging intensity. But it's constructed from a pattern of short repeats that's bizarrely catchy. A breakneck progression from the intro, through a sequence of end-to-end tunes, ultimately arriving at a finale that plunges around a groove, a hooky helter-skelter crunchathon, and a white noise conclusion.
John Lydon observed that "Anger is an energy". Heat From a DeadStar have travelled from France, where the energy has been emerging as rioting, to prove that their energy can be harnessed in the service of timeless musical beauty.
Energy not just from celestial bodies, but the perpetual power of Mr Jimi Hendrix.
Heat From a DeadStar are producing a illuminating brand of post-rock/alternative whatever, it’s just "a bit good rock.” Take a song like “Elusive Ways,” built like a big fuck off tank: 65days style bass and spooky guitars morph into the sound of crying monsters, and twisty time signatures barrage their way through brick walls, briefly reminding me of the missing in action My Vitriol. They ain’t no one trick ponies either, the dead chamber strum of Lighthouse inhabited by ghostly vocals or winding down dark forests brings to mind My Bloody Valentine or the ethereality of early Mogwai. Currently holed up in Steve Albini’s studio in Chicago, HFADS are potentially stratospheric.
1. Elusive Ways
2. Joan
3. The Lighthouse
4. Black Swans,
reinterpreted by Re: dux tion
tracks 1 to 3:
Recorded and mixed by Kevin Porée
at The Berry Street Studio (London) in 2006
Mastered by Tim Branton at João Carvalho Mastering Studio
(Toronto, Canada)
"There's always a place for this wonderful noiseniks,
taking the surging rushes of Godspeed, marrying it to
the intense atmospheric brilliance of Mogwai and the
melodic, almost orchestral sounds of early Mercury Rev,
one's to watch, check them out on our
forthcoming Podcasts."
Hello there at Heat From a Dead Star and a kind welcome to our work :)
Thank you very much for becoming our friend. Good to have you with us : )
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