Heavenly Beat – “Intent” (Stereogum Premiere)

Heavenly Beat – “Intent” (Stereogum Premiere)

Heavenly Beat’s latest album, Designer, was recorded entirely in John Felix Peña’s apartment, and the first single from the record appropriately starts off with the sounds outside of a window on a rainy day — cars squeak by, the faint hum of people can be heard on street level. The mood level of “Intent” doesn’t rise much above that over the rest of its four minute runtime, but that seems to be on purpose. This is music for when you’re stuck inside and can’t work up the motivation to get out. It moseys along at a measured pace, luxuriating in the synths and saxs that dot the song’s border. Listen below.

Tour Dates:
09/12 Vancouver, BC @ Fortune
09/15 Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett
09/16 Seattle, WA @ Barboza
09/17 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
09/18 San Francisco, CA @ The Rickshaw Stop
09/23 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy
09/24 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
09/25 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
09/26 El Paso, TX @ The Lowbrow Palace
09/28 San Antonio, TX @ Limelight
09/29 Dallas, TX @ HOB Cambridge Room
09/30 Austin, TX @ Stubbs Jr
10/01 Houston, TX @ Rudyards
10/02 New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
10/03 Hot Spring’s, AR @ Maxine’s
10/05 Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
10/06 Atlanta, GA @ 529 Club
10/07 Raleigh, NC @ King’s
10/08 Washington, DC @ DC9
10/09 New York, NY @ Baby’s All Right
10/10 Boston, MA @ Great Scott
10/13 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
10/14 Montreal, QC @ Newspeak
10/15 Toronto, ON @ The Drake
10/16 Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
10/17 Madison, WI @ The Frequency
10/18 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
10/19 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
10/20 Kansas City, KS @ The Riot Room
10/21 Wichita, KS @ Barleycorn’s
10/22 Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge
10/23 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
10/24 Boise, ID @ Neurolux
* all dates w/ Teen Daze

Designer will be self-released later this year.

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