Heatmiser- The Music Of Heatmiser

Label: Third Man

Reissued 10/6/2023, Originally released 1992

Neil Gust and Elliott Smith arrived in Portland, OR together in the summer of 1991 to start a new band with drummer/producer Tony Lash. Within a year of adding bassist Brandt Peterson on bass, they were playing across the West Coast and demoing dozens of songs for their first LP. Six of these tracks were self-released on the cassette titled “The Music of Heatmiser” which was sold at shows, local record shops, and handed out to record labels. The sound of the band changed a lot over 3 LP’s, but this is Heatmiser right out of the gate. New, energetic, excited, moving quickly through styles, totally broke and making it work in whatever way possible. It’s guitar rock, full-blast, through 100 watt Marshall half stacks, when grunge was ascendant in the Pacific Northwest and the Portland scene was exploding. Fast, tight, loud, fun.

Track listing:

1. Lowlife (‘92 Cassette)
   
2. Bottle Rocket (‘92 Cassette)
   
3. Buick (‘92 Cassette)
   
4. Just a Little Prick (‘92 Cassette)
   
5. Dirt (‘92 Cassette)
6. Mightier Than You (‘92 Cassette)
   
7. Can’t Be Touched (Cavity Search Single)
   
8. Wake (Cavity Search Single)
   
9. Stray (Cavity Search Single)
   
10. Dead Air (Demo)
    
11. Sands Hotel (Demo)
12. Mock Up (Demo)
    
13. Cannibal (Demo)
    
14. Candyland (Demo)
    
15. Still (Demo)
    
16. Man Camp
    
17. Laying Low
    
18. Bloody Knuckles
    
19. Father Song
    
20. Glamourine
    
21. Meatline
    
22. Revolution
    
23. Black Out (Live On KBOO)
    
24. Bottle Rocket (Live On KBOO)
    
25. Dirt (Live On KBOO)
    
26. Still (Live On KBOO)
    
27. Candyland (Live On KBOO)
    
28. Don’t Look Down (Live On KBOO)
    
29. Lowlife (Live On KBOO)