"I have known and followed the band's career for a while now and I'm really excited to have them become part of our family. I promoted shows for them on their first album, so is like full circle," said Joel Carriere, owner of Dine Alone Records.
For front man Steve Bays and his Hot Hot Heat band mates, they knew they had found their new home in Canada after their first discussions with the label. "Just like our US label, Dine Alone got our vibe right away," explained Bays. "Because of the kind of record we were making, we realised early on that we needed to finish the entire record before looking for a home for it, if they 'got it,' then we could talk. Also, they're also just really cool people and that's huge to us because, at the end of the day, they are essentially inviting us to join their family. We are pretty thrilled."
Hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, Hot Hot Heat first came to prominence in 2002 with their breakthrough debut LP, “Make Up The Breakdown”. Over the years, the band has performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Hot Hot Heat have toured the world with bands such as Modest Mouse, Kings Of Leon, The Walkmen and Queens of the Stone Age.
The band's latest album “Future Breeds” is a call to action. After leaving their previous label, the foursome stripped away all the unnecessary elements in their lives, built their own studio in Vancouver, and emerged renewed and recharged. The resulting record is at once propulsive and volcanic, and fuelled, as ever, by candy-coated melodies that hurl you through Bays' lyrical world.
