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Hot Tropics
Rock · 2010 · 10 tracks · 24m

Hot Tropics

The Growlers

Dusty, reverb-soaked surf rock that feels like a haunted beach party. Gritty analog warmth meets macabre tropical storytelling in ten short, sharp bursts.

October 6, 2010 · Everloving

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A sun-bleached, heat-delirious descent into coastal gothic surrealism.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 24m
01
Graveyard’s Full
2:07
02
Nosebleed Sun
1:21
03
What It Is
2:32
04
The Moaning Man From Shanty Town
1:23
05
Sea Lion Goth Blues
2:30
06
Badlands
2:52
07
Let It Be Known
3:19
08
Camino Muerto
3:24
09
Underneath Our Palms
3:09
10
Hula Hula Hideout
1:27
Moments Worth Waiting For
The skeletal, clicking percussion on 'Graveyard’s Full' that sounds like dry bones rattling in time.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Hot Tropics sound next to the rest of The Growlers's catalogue?

Death Mortality+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into death mortality than the rest of the catalogue.

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