Freak Heat Waves - Mondo Tempo

Label: Mood Hut – MH030
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Canada
Released: Jul 14, 2023
Genre: Electronic
Style: Breakbeat, Downtempo

For over a decade, Freak Heat Waves have been steadily amassing a cult following and earning acclaim from both critics and underground aficionados alike. Their music is a heady cocktail that defies easy categorisation, blending elements of post-punk, psych, dub, ambient, house, and techno.

Their eclectic sound has served as the soundtrack to countless DIY punk shows, outsider galleries and sleazy discos, establishing the duo as iconoclasts with a reputation for ignoring expectations and subverting genre conventions. While at times, the term ‘acquired taste’ may have seemed fitting, their latest release offers their most alluring output to date.

Mondo Tempo, the duo's fifth LP, released through Vancouver's Mood Hut, was primarily recorded at their home studios in Montreal and Victoria. Building upon the electronic explorations of their previous record, Zap The Planet (Telephone Explosion), they inject their signature sound with a smoother and sweeter blend of dance music. The album’s tracks feature midi smoothness, trance mantras, dancehall grooves, ambient textures and vocal samples, creating a world that is both captivating and immersive.

A1. The Time Has Come
A2. In a Moment Divine (With Cindy Lee)
A3. Endless
A4. Music Has An Interesting Power
B1. How Do We Come Alive
B2. Off My Mind
B3. Altered States
B4. Mondo Tempo