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Heatmiser - Mic City Sons (30th Anniversary - Remastered) (2025)

Posted By: Fizzpop

Date: 29 Jul 2025 08:14:35

Nearly 30 years after its original release, Heatmiser’s last-ever record is back, remastered and reimagined as a two-LP opus containing a set of demos and unreleased tracks, bringing us right back to that DIY Portland studio where a quartet of tempestuous twenty-somethings created pure sonic magic.

The surviving members of Heatmiser — Gust, bassist Brandt Peterson (and later, Sam Coomes), and drummer Tony Lash — eventually regrouped to celebrate their output with 2023’s sprawling compilation The Music of Heatmiser, also released via Third Man Records. That process of sorting through hours of demo tapes and unreleased music led to the group revisiting the Mic City Sons sessions.

“I started to go through and found stuff that was pretty much finished, but just never mixed, and some other things that we had run out of time to fully develop,” said Tony Lash in a press release. “It brought me back to that time in a really visceral way. It made me appreciate this creative space and creative life that we were able to sustain there for a little bit. If only we could have somehow worked our way through all the interpersonal issues. I think the record shows that we could be a really good band.”

"Heatmiser was an indie rock supergroup of sorts, featuring songwriters Elliott Smith and Neil Gust (No. 2), as well as Sam Coomes (Quasi) and the multitalented Tony Lash. The quartet's finest and final album, Mic City Sons features a decidedly more pop feel than its predecessors and marks Smith's maturation into the role of the band's visionary. From the opening notes of the swaggering, bass-heavy "Get Lucky" to conclusion of the album with a soothingly soft hidden track, Mic City Sons is an outstanding collection of diverse and invigorating tracks. Songs like "Plain Clothes Man" and "You Gotta Move" exhibit the interplay of soulful, smooth vocals over gentle guitar strumming that has been so evident in Smith's solo work. The Gust-penned tunes, like "Cruel Reminder" and "Eagle Eye" are more rugged and aggressive, but complement Smith's songs brilliantly. There are no weak tracks here - in fact, "Pop In G" and "See You Later" are two of the best indie rock songs of the '90s - and the album flows incredibly well. Despite the success Heatmiser's members have achieved since their disbanding, it's unfortunate that this collective decided to split up just when they had reached such a creative peak." (Michael Frey, AMG)

Sam Coomes, bass
Neil Gust, vocals, guitar
Tony Lash, drums
Elliott Smith, vocals, guitar
Additional personnel:
Aaron Day, additional vocals (track 1)
Sean Croghan, backing vocals (track 7)

TRACKLIST

1. Heatmiser - Get Lucky
2. Heatmiser - Plainclothes Man
3. Heatmiser - Low-Flying Jets
4. Heatmiser - Rest My Head Against The Wall
5. Heatmiser - The Fix Is In
6. Heatmiser - Eagle Eye
7. Heatmiser - Cruel Reminder
8. Heatmiser - You Gotta Move
9. Heatmiser - Pop In G
10. Heatmiser - Blue Highway
11. Heatmiser - See You Later
12. Heatmiser - Half Right
13. Heatmiser - Cocksucker's Blues
14. Heatmiser - I'm Over That Now
15. Heatmiser - Silent Treatment
16. Heatmiser - Burned Out, Still Glowing
17. Heatmiser - Rocker In C
18. Heatmiser - Get Lucky (Demo)
19. Heatmiser - Everybody Has It
20. Heatmiser - Dark Cloud
21. Heatmiser - Dirty Dream
22. Heatmiser - You Gotta Move (Demo)
23. Heatmiser - Christian Brothers (Rock Version)
24. Heatmiser - Untitled Instrumental

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