◇ image via WikipediaHot Hot Heat
Hot Hot Heat is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Cure, XTC, The Clash, The Deadly Syndrome and The Unicorns. Those roots explain a lot about how Hot Hot Heat arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Bravery, We Are Scientists, Tokyo Police Club, Louis XIV and The Futureheads, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sloan, Les Savy Fav, Ima Robot, Pretty Girls Make Graves and Death Cab for Cutie, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Hot Hot Heat, reaching back through The Cure and forward to Sloan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Hot Hot Heat was a Canadian indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, formed in 1999. The band was signed to Seattle label Sub Pop in 2001 and Warner Records throughout the majority of their career.
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Hot Hot Heat connections
Hot Hot Heat grew out of The Cure, XTC, The Clash and The Deadly Syndrome, shares an orbit with The Bravery, We Are Scientists, Tokyo Police Club and Louis XIV, went on to shape Sloan, Les Savy Fav, Ima Robot and Pretty Girls Make Graves. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Hot Hot Heat
Sounds and acts that shaped Hot Hot Heat.
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