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November 17, 2004
Ghost Babies
Hot Hot Heat - Move On
Here is some fancy-lad mop-toppery for you, folks. But first, a few caveats: 1) this song is freakishly addictive. I can recall one day in recent memory when I played it about 40 or so times in a row. And it never gets old, never. 2) Steve (Bays, I think his last name is), the lead singer, intones his words in a manner that suggests, extracontextually, that he is a giant walking nose. Phonetically, the first lines would read something like this: "Call me bealmeeruhble/I've got these new ideeeyuhs". 3) This is easily the best song Hot Hot Heat has ever written, and it's hopefully what their next album, which is due out in January or so, is going to sound like. But who knows, maybe they'll give Warner Brothers the emo-pop lite version of a Yes album (I can't even imagine what the existence of such a thing would be like. Mind-rending).
It starts with a quick monologue from the bass, and some soothing organ background. Then Dante (departed guitarist) hops in with some shiny, slinky guitar lines. The vocal harmonies are just overflowing, and each thirty-second segment of this track has about 12 separate hooks. 'Move On' reminds me a lot of the first time I heard the band's 'Get In or Get Out', mostly because it has the same 'preaching to/about people in your hometown that you sort of love but are annoyed by' feel to it. Apropos of nothing, the tambourine makes a clutch appearance during the breakdown. I still can't believe this was the B-side to the UK 'Bandages' single. 'Move On' is definitely, as Matt Fluxblog would say, 'joycore'- the band sounds like it's never had as much fun in its life.
You can grab the 'Bandages' single from Sub Pop's merch page, here.
Posted by matt at November 17, 2004 08:00 AM