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Apr 2 – FLECHE D’OR, PARIS Apr 3 – BOTANIQUE ROTONDE, BRUSSELS Apr 4 – PARADISO, AMSTERDAM

Coming soon, Heat Rash Issue Number 3, entitled Footnotes. Footnotes is intended as a companion piece to our recent album Hello Sadness. It includes a very detailed track-by-track guide to the lyrics, writing and recording of the album, as well as ‘context pieces’ creating as detailed and transparent a picture as possible of the time [...]

We are very happy to announce details of our forthcoming UK Tour. Mar 20 – PHOENIX, EXETER (14+) Mar 21 – THEKLA, BRISTOL (14+) Mar 22 – ELECTRIC BALLROOM, LONDON (14+) Mar 23 – 02 ACADEMY, OXFORD (14+) Mar 24 – RAINBOW WAREHOUSE, BIRMINGHAM (16+) Mar 26 – ACADEMY 3, MANCHESTER (14+) Mar 27 – [...]

I’m afraid we must announce the cancellation of our previously scheduled show at the Sala Rosa in Montreal. Due to scheduling conflicts it’s no longer possible for the show to take place. We are incredibly sorry for any disappointment this may cause, please trust that we will make it up to you in time. Tickets [...]

An over-cooked documentation of the albums/EPs/records I have got most enjoyment from over the past 12 months. I think this year’s been a pretty exciting one for the evolution of my musical tastes and interests, as I’ve found hardly a single thing ‘guitar record’-wise that has stirred any emotion in me (a couple of notable [...]

It is our great pleasure to announce our return to the wider-North America in the New Year. Dates are as follows, with just a few more to be added in due course. 1/20 Paradise, Boston MA (18+)* 1/21 Lee’s Palace, Toronto (19+)* 1/22 Lee’s Palace, Toronto (19+)* 1/23 London Music Hall, London (19+)* 1/24 Beachland [...]

Without saying too much, I am currently working on a reasonably extensive Track by Track guide to our recently released album Hello Sadness. Subsequently, I am interested in answering any (/some) specific questions any of you may have about specific song lyrics/details of songs/musical or instrumental or recording intricacies etc. If there is anything particularly [...]

New issue (finally) shipping late this/early next week. Please, if you have changed address since your subscription, email new postage details to askheatrash@gmail.com If you do not inform us of any change and an issue is sent to the wrong address then we are not culpable if you never receive your copy, as we have [...]

It’s been a while in the making, as well you know, but finally, Heat Rash #2, entitled ‘Conversations‘ is imminent. This edition’s coverstar is Neil Campesinos! illustrated beautifully, as ever, by our man Rob ‘Sparky Deathcap’ Campesinos!. We’d like to think the content of this issue is a lot more ‘meaty’ than the first. It’s [...]

As prelude to our forthcoming run of November rock concerts we will be treading the boards at CAMDEN BARFLY, LONDON in a MATINEE PERFORMANCE on SUNDAY 6th OF NOVEMBER. This shall be a very intimate show in our nation’s capital, with only 200 crowdspaces available. Tickets go on sale 9am on the morning of Monday [...]