The lyrical and musical eclecticism of Tom Waits with Motown and Fats Domino swing.

12 MP3 Songs in this album (38:02) !
Related styles: ROCK: Rock & Roll, AVANT GARDE: Experimental

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Hot Heels Records, a Chicago-based rock and roll band who Revue Magazine calls âthe greatest band to come out of Chicago since the group Morphine in the â80âsâ blends the swing of Fats Domino and Motown with the lyrical and musical eclecticism of Tom Waits on their third album Bullet Rain, out October 24, 2008. I had a chance to sit down with Brandon Seyferth, the bandâs founder and songwriter, last month after a performance with drummer Marty Grossman and bassist Aaron Hanna in Chicagoâs Rogers Park.

âIâve heard you say the inspiration for naming the band Hot Heels Records comes from the association of Warholâs factory with the Velvet Underground and Motown Recordsâ association with the Funk Brothers. Iâve also heard you give other reasons, such as: itâs simply a way for people to find songs. Care to elaborate?â

âAll the other band names were taken.â

âIâve known you for a while. Youâre avoiding the question.â

[Laughs] âIâm not calling myself a âhot heels recordâ and neither are Aaron or Marty. Hot Heels Records is the way to find our work. The hot heels bit; that was to remind myself not to stay in the same place artistically for too long.â

âDoes the band work like a power trio or like a singer/songwriter with a backup rhythm section?â

âI never understood why people say a âbackupâ rhythm section. Does that mean if you choose to express yourself through the drums or the bass that youâre a âbackupâ person? We come together and pour everything weâve got into everything we do through the means that interest each of us most.â

âLetâs talk about Bullet Rain. What inspired the songs on the record?â

âI canât speak for what Aaron and Marty or our friends who played on the record put into it, but Iâd go to parties or bars and hear the DJ playing recycled hits that people were dancing to... âBaby Got Backâ or âLondon Bridgeâ or something and get bored out of my mind. Listening to songs like that is like watching action movies without any story. Iâm not one of those people who get all giddy with nostalgia or whatever when I hear shit like that. It doesnât turn me on. I wanted to put some songs on this record thatâd make people want to dance or turn up the volume and I wanted to give them a story or give them something to chew on while doing it. That said, itâs not a record by a guy or a band who rewrites the same song twelve times and calls it a record. Itâs a story with chapters. If youâre looking for a straight up dance-party record, this isnât the one.â

âBut if you like Motown, Fats Domino, Tom Waits and Bob Dylan it might be.

âYeah, I think thatâs about right.â

âIn the song Martha, one of my favorites on Bullet Rain, you tell a story about leaving Shanghai that is full of vivid imagery. You lived in China for some time. Is this a true story?â

âDoes it matter? Yeah... [Mutters a few lines] Save a couple of details I guess.â

âMarty and Aaron suggested I speak to you for this interview. Is there anything you think theyâd like to add?â

[Rubs the back of his head] âI donât know. Aaron would probably have us all laughing and Marty would probably ask you why your journalist friends cover so many bands that hug each other too much.â

âAre you the brooding one in the band?â

âA shadow by the riverside, a breeze in the boats.â

âA line from âGod, the Ghosts and the Night,â a song from the very record of which we speak, isnât it?â

âI ainât peddling shit I donât mean, man.â

âWhat do you think of Revue magazineâs assessment of you?â

âIâve never made it all the way through a Morphine record.â

Hot Heels Recordsâ streams all three of their albums at HotHeelsRecords.com Donât miss them in Chicago and on tour.