Hot Hot Heat’s Elevator is an interesting followup to 2002’s Make Up the Breakdown. Perhaps the most interesting thing about it is just how pop it all sounds. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing of course, just that it’s … well, not exactly what I was expecting.
Consider how the first Breakdown single was the controversial "Bandages," an off-beat swath of howling craziness, and compare that with the instantly catchy, ready-for-the-mainstream Elevator single "Goodnight Goodnight."
This is a nice album to listen to, definitely, but it remains to be seen just how far into the mainstream Steve Bays and company are willing to dip.