Missed this news the first time around… really enjoyed their full-length Raccoon Valley Recordings.

From UCR:

THE HEAT TAPE from Makanda, IL has signed on with Underground Communiqué Records for the release of their new eponymous 7”! This new four song single will be the bands follow up to their debut album, Raccoon Valley Recordings which was released [in 2011] on Red Scare.

Fronted by Brett Hunter from the COPYRIGHTS/DEAR LANDLORD, the band continues their lo-fi and primitive-stomp sound that was the benchmark set on the debut. The songs have an effortless air to them and are stacked with infectious hooks that start with a casual, uncontrollable foot tapping along to the beat, quickly progressing to humming the tunes at any idle moment in the day and then into full on “obsesso mode.” These four songs are the perfect EP, there’s an ebb and flow to them and demand repeat listening. We couldn’t be more excited to be releasing this amazing EP!

Track listing:

• 1. Love and Sweat
• 2. Freebird
• 3. Elvis
• 4. Deaf and Blind

We expect to have these in sometime in early February. For Fans of: the Marked Men, the Thermals Scared of Chaka or the Exploding Hearts