Dead Air

This album is awesome. Dead air I think is the best song with lines like "To much of nothing made me uptight." Definitely check out Cop And Speeder as well I rank that on my top 10 list. You'll find that the mixing of both Gust and Smith's singing changes it up nicely. This album definitely has better lyrics than traditional indie-rock bands. Check it out!

listen to it over and over and you will love it. so meaty. my favorite heatmiser albumn. title track has elliott on vocals and kicks butt. neil's bottle rocket is pure rock music and my favorite song of his. everything elliott ever did was good even if he didn't think so. get it all.

Awesome album! Delivered fast and as advertised! A+++++

Perfect for any and everyone. Great band and good music so just buy the thing. You will not regret it.

Great

Take stock of "Dead Air" and realize that, like most good albums, the sonic variance is slim. All fifteen cuts on the earliest album from singer-songwriter Elliott Smith ("Good Will Hunting") and company's rock outfit fall into the category of "brash, loud and inventive."Heatmiser here strike me as a jaded ballplayer nailing fifteen machine-thrown balls in a row out of the park. Each song is a loud, thundering crack of pop-smeared beauty. The blurry guitarwork is spot on, but Smith and Gust's fat and gritty fuzztones add a punk garnish to a pop platter. It's Elliott Smith rocking out, which actually turns out to be a bit like channeling Smith melodies through Richard Hell guitar. Throw in some moments that sound like a harder-edged early REM ("Bottle Rocket"), and we have a damn good band, if you think about it.Better yet, don't think, just pick up Heatmiser's entire catalog. And when you're done with that and Smith's back catalog, do yourself yet another favor and check out the music of Rocky Votolato, solo singer-songwriter, and HIS previous rock band, Waxwing.

This first full album by Heatmiser has often been analyzed as if predicting Elliot Smith's promise, but this overlooks the equally important contributions of the other leader of the quartet, Neil Gust. His punchy, catchy pop-punk captures aggression and swaggers confidently, in the wake of the grunge craze. This element can be appreciated in his two post-Heat albums with No. 2. Since "Dead Air," one of Mic City's earlier (if very minor) successes, Portland continues to produce strong music: back then, Pond, later Dandy Warhols, Stephen Malkmus post-Pavement, later Heatmiser bassist Sam Coombes' duo (with Sleater-Kinney drummer who's his ex-wife) Quasi, and drummer Tony Lash's Sunset Valley.This album gradually grows on you, like those of Pond. At first, it seems in a rut, but the melodies and arrangements, direct as they are, open up into miniature landscapes of only a few seconds each. The band plays tightly, and although the Seattle shadow may dominate at this 1993 hour, the energy that will make the band's and its members own music sustain itself into the next decade awaits the curious listener.

I found this CD in the bargain bin last week and bought in on the strength of Mic City Sons (a great CD) and my overall love of Elliot Smith. Unfortunately, this CD was a big let down. Nowhere are the haunting/catchy melodies or memorable lyrics so common in Smith's other work. The songs on the CD all sound alike, and like they come from the same one bad idea. If you haven't heard any Elliot Smith or Heatmiser, don't start here - my recommendation is to go pick-up "Figure 8" and work your way back through Smith's catalog.

"Dead Air" war 1993 das Plattendebut der Band "Heatmiser" um den später sehr erfolgreichen Songwriter Elliott Smith. Das relativ krachig und straight gehaltene Werk bewegt sich zwischen Punk, Alternative und Rock, zeichnet sich aber noch nicht durch das großartige Songwriting aus, für das Smith später berühmt wurde. Das 37:09 Minuten lange Album mit 14 Tracks ist keinesfalls schlecht, aber so richtig warm werde ich aus irgendwelchen Gründen trotzdem nicht mit ihm. Wahrscheinlich liegt es daran, dass die Band noch keinen "eigenen", speziellen Sound hatte, sondern so klingt wie viele andere Bands zu dieser Zeit auch. Bei den beiden weiteren Alben und EPs bis zur Auflösung der Band 1996 sehe ich da schon eine Entwicklung. Die Vocals teilten sich von Beginn an Neil Gust und Elliott Smith. Die Amaray enthält leider nur ein ziemlich uninformatives Faltblatt.

Je suis ravie ! Depuis le temps que je cherchais à me procurer les albums de Heatmiser, Amazon l'a fait ! C'est pourquoi j'ai mis "parfait".Ce n'est pas mon préféré et le trouve assez inégal. Sympa à écouter de temps à autre, l'un ou l'autre morceau, mais pas en boucle. De l'indie rock des années 90, encore un peu balbutiant pour ce groupe.

ｴﾘｵｯﾄ・ｽﾐｽが関係するものなら何でも聴きたいから、彼が在籍したﾊﾞﾝﾄﾞ、HEATMISERの1stを買ってみた。僕は、ｴﾘｵｯﾄ・ｽﾐｽのｿﾛを、時代を遡るように順に聴いた後、HEATMISERは、最終作3rd、2ndと聴いたところだが、3rdは文句なしに名盤、ｴﾘｵｯﾄのｿﾛが好きなら必聴。2ndは、よほどのﾌｧﾝでもやや肩すかし、ただし数曲はｿﾛにつながる良曲あり、という感想だったが、さかのぼるにつれ、ｴﾘｵｯﾄの関与が少なくなることが想定されるので、この1stを、長らく購入を見送っていたのだが。いよいよ聴いてみるとその感想は、ほぼ予想どおり。ざっと音楽性をいうと、ﾆﾙｳﾞｧｰﾅ+ﾍﾙﾒｯﾄ+ｸﾗｯｼｭみないな、典型的ｵﾙﾀﾅにして正統派ｸﾞﾗﾝｼﾞ。曲はおおむね及第点以上で音質も悪くないが、決定打がないのと、どの曲にも、ｴﾘｵｯﾄ特有の中盤の盛り上がりが感じられない。しかし、案外悪くないと思ったのは、ﾀﾞｰｸであるが憂鬱さがほとんどなく、意外に爽快感がある。また、ｸﾞﾗﾝｼﾞという言葉から想起されるﾗﾌさがなく、ﾘﾌとﾘｽﾞﾑに端正さがあり、ｽﾄｲｯｸで剛毅なｻｳﾝﾄﾞが好印象。若いなあって感じ。ﾘﾌはどれもなかなか良い。展開がもう少しあればもっと盛り上がるのが、上述の通り。決定打といえるほどではないが、最後に入ったﾀｲﾄﾙ曲DEAD　AIRあたりが、佳曲。ｴﾘｵｯﾄ・ｽﾐｽの若々しい声が聴けるから、ちょっと贔屓目に評価。