The Tower
by Urban Heat
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Best songwriters in the post-punk revival. Scratch that, it's not just a look back. Horstmann's lyrics perfectly capture the hanging-on-by-your-teeth feeling of the year 2024. The music bleeds between the idioms of goth, post-punk, synthpop, industrial, even a couple headbanging moments. It's always inventive with zero dull moments, but also a message: here is the past, make new use of it. Whether that's to survive or to destroy is up to you.
Favorite track: Sanitizer.
Jason Daniels
Jason Daniels
I don't say this lightly, as this has been a great year for music so far. But this is my favorite album of the year. Urban Heat is truly on fire. Somehow they keep setting the bar higher. Not a single bad track on this album, with my favorites being Sanitizer, Say the Words, and Seven Safe Places.
Favorite track: Sanitizer.
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Urban Heat’s The Tower is unbelievably fierce and has no skips for me. It’s riveting and always on-point, carrying a thrilling energy that’s dark and intense with an acute sharpness brewing just beneath the surface of an exquisite goth aesthetic. It’s as if you’re at a haunted rave in a medieval castle that’s being gazed upon by a presence strange yet benign, omniscient yet eternally unknowable. And the tragic reality is that this entity just wants to party, but it has no place to belong...
Favorite track: You've Got That Edge.
matt von d
matt von d
solid contender for post-punk album of the year; the band has matured and developed astronomically since their first album, i struggle to commit to one favorite song—also an incredible band to witness live!!!
Favorite track: Too Much Too Soon.
mok_skag
mok_skag
I am a self-proclaimed old person.
I love this band! I was lucky enough to see them play in Minnesota.
They scratch my itch for original music.
keep speaking the truth. Don't sell out.
I love this band! I was lucky enough to see them play in Minnesota.
They scratch my itch for original music.
keep speaking the truth. Don't sell out.
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Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Purchasable with gift cardDownload available in 24-bit/96kHz.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumUrban Heat's debut full-length pressed on beautiful red vinyl.
Includes unlimited streaming of The Tower via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.ships out within 2 daysPurchasable with gift card$25 USD or more
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumUrban Heat's debut album on CD!
Includes unlimited streaming of The Tower via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.ships out within 2 daysPurchasable with gift card$12 USD or more
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ShirtUrban Heat exclusive T-shirt for the band's debut album, The Tower!ships out within 2 daysPurchasable with gift card
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumUrban Heat's debut album on red vinyl, and the band's exclusive Tower T-shirt. Please note: your LP and Shirt may not ship in the same package, and you might receive them on different days.
Includes unlimited streaming of The Tower via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.ships out within 2 daysPurchasable with gift card$49 USD or more
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumUrban Heat's debut album on CD, and the band's exclusive Tower T-shirt. Please note: your CD and Shirt may not ship in the same package, and you might receive them on different days.
Includes unlimited streaming of The Tower via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.ships out within 2 daysPurchasable with gift card$37 USD or more
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumThe Tower on red vinyl and the brand new Wellness repress on white vinyl!
Includes unlimited streaming of The Tower via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.ships out within 2 daysPurchasable with gift card$49 USD or more
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumThe Tower on red vinyl and the brand new Wellness repress on white vinyl! Also includes the exclusive bonus Urban Heat T-shirt. The shirt may ship in a different package, on a different day.
Includes unlimited streaming of The Tower via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.ships out within 2 daysPurchasable with gift card$70 USD or more
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumBlack vinyl, white label test pressing for Urban Heat's new album, The Tower. Highly limited! Please note: your test pressing may not look exactly like the one pictured.
Includes unlimited streaming of The Tower via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.ships out within 2 daysPurchasable with gift card$100 USD or more
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Full Digital Discography
Get all 15 Urban Heat releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Tower, Seven Safe Places, Right Time of Night, Sanitizer, Like This, Have You Ever? (Piano Version), Goodbye Horses, Wellness, and 7 more.
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Take It to Your Grave
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Sanitizer
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Too Much Too Soon
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You've Got That Edge
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Savor Not the Thrill
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Right Time of Night
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Say the Words
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Seven Safe Places
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Addicted to the Sounds
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about
The Tower marks Urban Heat's highly anticipated sophomore full-length. A highly personal album, the title pulls reference from The Tower Tarot card, which is widely associated with danger, crisis, sudden change, destruction, higher learning, and liberation, and the album itself features the band at their absolute peak. Songs like the arena-ready “Seven Safe Places” and the intricately steady “Take it to Your Grave,” show the band’s sonic versatility. The latter, which best exemplifies the majority of the record, is about feelings of unworthiness and fears of self-sabotage. Introspectiveness dots Horstmann's lyrics, driving home its power and relatability.
"The Tower is a story of a band that has begun to spread its wings, has taken the plunge into the unknown, and put thousands of miles under its feet. The Tower is moments of jubilation and moments of fear. The unbelievable joy of creation and the anxiety of fucking it all up. Ultimately it is a bridge, leading us from who we were when we started this, to all of the possibilities of the future.”
-Jonathan Horstmann
"The Tower is a story of a band that has begun to spread its wings, has taken the plunge into the unknown, and put thousands of miles under its feet. The Tower is moments of jubilation and moments of fear. The unbelievable joy of creation and the anxiety of fucking it all up. Ultimately it is a bridge, leading us from who we were when we started this, to all of the possibilities of the future.”
-Jonathan Horstmann
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released August 16, 2024
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Urban Heat Austin, Texas
Urban Heat are a 3-piece American post-punk band from Austin, TX. They fuse dark 80's stylings with modern flourishes, Horstmann's throaty baritone delivering musings on existence and romanticism against an unrelenting industrial gothic pulse.
shows
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Oct 26Antwerp, Belgium
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Oct 28Utrecht, Netherlands
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Oct 31Villeurbanne, France
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Nov 8Houston, TX
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Nov 23Berlin, Germany
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Dec 14Chicago, IL
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Jan 2024
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