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Hot Hot Heat - Happiness Ltd. [CD/DVD]

Primary Artist
Hot Hot Heat
Album Title
Happiness Ltd. [CD/DVD]
Release Date
September 11, 2007 
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Review by Heather Phares
Next to The Strokes, Hot Hot Heat was the most pop-minded out of all the bands reviving garage rock and new wave in the early 2000s. It made sense that after the indie success of Make Up The Breakdown, they graduated to a major label for their second album, Elevator, which found them broadening their sound at the expense of the hooky songwriting that made them successful in the first place. Some of the same problems crop up on Happiness Ltd., albeit for slightly different reasons. Read More