Urban Heat Announce The Tower

We should have known this was around the corner, with Austin’s Urban Heat having released a slew of singles…including a new one today with the announcement of their album, The Tower. They clearly are flirting with brand of new wave they aim to make all their own, employing heavier beats that set a backdrop for more dramatic vocal performances. This new single does just that, pumping in a huge rolling synth line that seems destined for the dance floor. But, where Urban Heat make it their own, Jonathan Horstmann offers up a more dramatic and pensive vocal, letting the track waft through your speakers; you get to sit back and revel in the way the band toy with drama, perhaps nodding to an affection for acts like Depeche Mode. They release the Tower via Artoffact Records on August 16th.