Hot Hot Heat return to the UK for special gig

Known for their frenetic, high-energy shows, Hot Hot Heat is gearing up to hit the road with a new arsenal of songs, "The musical climate will always change and evolve," says singer Steve Bays. "All you can do is make music that you love and do it for yourself. If you do it for anyone else, you'll always be one step behind. The only way to make good music is to be comfortably selfish and chase the dragon that is the brief high you get from making music you might actually be proud of for a moment or two..."

The band will play a one off show at London's Scala on Tuesday March 2nd, Doors are 7.30 p.m. Tickets are £13.79. Stage time is 9 p.m. and the support act is Official Secret Act.

Hot Hot Heat has come a long way since forming nearly 10 years ago, but the more things change, the more they stay the same. "When we were young, we were really involved with the DIY music scene," reminisces Bays of the band's early days. "If you are an outsider in high school, it helps to have a getaway where there are all sorts of alternative ideas and beliefs floating around—and music was the key to unlock a lot of doors to new people and lifestyles. For the first 10 years or so it was just as much about the culture as it was about the music because before the Internet, finding someone who liked the same music as you was like finding a long lost relative."

The band have been busy recording new tracks in their home studio 'Tugboat Place' in Vancouver It's been 8 years since their 2002 breakthrough album Make Up The Breakdown, which was fueled by the Brazil-inspired video for "Bandages" and the delightfully spastic "No, Not Now". Since then they've released 2005's dance-party masterpiece Elevator, which was marked by the success of songs like "Goodnight, Goodnight" and "Middle Of Nowhere", and 2007's "Hapiness LTD" .

Check out the band on www.myspace.com/hothotheat or www.hothotheat.com