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[Posted Monday, October 27th, 2003 04:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

As last reported in September, Hot Hot Heat will soon be returning home to Canada and their homes in Victoria, on the isle of Vancouver. Now, we hoped that the hyperactive young lads would hole up in a recording studio for at least a couple of weeks, perhaps to wrap up that new record they pumped to Drowned In Sound (something along the lines of, "we have a couple [of songs] that are completed and a bunch of stuff in the works"). But apparently the boys are indulging in just a bit more teenage adulation with countless (well, more than my ten fingers will allow) shows across the land that celebrates Thanksgiving on Columbus Day weekend.

Come on, fellas: you've been touring for a year, I've heard "Bandages" more than ten (read: countless) times on the radio and I saw you live in three venues in two states-- let's hear the new material already. Don't get all Interpol on us, even if we have seen your CD's side by side at Target. Tour dates, Canadian style:

10-27 Bristol, England - Bristol University $
10-29 London, England - Astoria
10-30 Norwich, England - Waterfront
11-01 Sheffield, England - Leadmill $
11-02 Manchester, England - MDH $
11-03 Newcastle, England - Newcastle University $
11-04 Glasgow, Scotland - QMU $
11-05 Nottingham, England - Rock City $
11-06 Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun Hall $
11-08 Lille, France - Aeronef #
11-09 Paris, France - La Cigalle (w/ My Morning Jacket) #
11-10 Nantes, France - Olympic #
11-12 Bordeaux, France - Theatre Barbey #
11-15 Victoria, British Columbia - University of Victoria *
11-16 Victoria, British Columbia - Sugar *
11-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - Croatian Cultural Club *
11-18 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom *
11-19 Kamloops, British Columbia - UCC Kamloops *
11-21 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Hall *
11-22 Edmonton, Alberta - Red's *
11-23 Saskatoon, Sasketchuwan - USSU *
11-24 Regina, Sasketchuwan - The State *
11-25 Winnipeg, Manitoba - The Pyramid *
11-28 Peterborough, Ontario - The Trasheteria +
11-29 Hamilton, Ontario - The Underground +
12-02 London, Ontario - Call The Office +
12-10 Kingston, Ontario - A.J.'s Hangar +
12-12 Quebec City, Quebec - L'Anti +
12-13 Toronto, Ontario - The Opera House +

$ with Franz Ferdinand, The Fiery Furnaces
# with Kings of Leon, The Black Keys
* with Metric, The Unicorns
+ with The French Kicks, The Unicorns

In addition to the touring action, a new single (still off Make Up The Breakdown), "Talk To Me, Dance With Me" is out November 3rd in the UK, backed with two fresh-out-of-the-oven... oh. Really? Backed with an album cut and live recording, huh? How very:

01 Talk To Me, Dance With Me
02 Oh, Goddamnit
03 Le, Le, Low (live)