Born in a Boston basement in 2004, The Specific Heats blend a love for 1960s moody garage, surf, folk- and psych-pop, with indie pop and utter chaos.

Influenced early on by ‘60s icons like The Zombies, The Kinks, The Cyrkle, Herman’s Hermits, and The Bee Gees, the amateur sounds of Crypt Records’ Teenage Shutdown compilation series, indie pop groups like Beat Happening, Brittle Stars, Belle & Sebastian, and 80s new wave groups like the B-52’s, OMD, and New Order, their sound evolved from bedroom indie pop (as heard on their 2006 debut) to energetic garage rock (as can be found on 2010's "CURSED!").

No longer bound by genre or any type of expectation (and after a dozen or so years of much-needed rest), The Specific Heats have returned with a new batch of original tunes that both get back to their roots and pick up where they left off.

Here’s how some flatterers described The Specific Heats on their last go around circa 2008 to 2011:

“groovy ‘60s-focused sound that leans heavily on Zombies-esque baroque pop, some Stereolab/Monade style retro-futurist grooves, a bit of a surf twang, with a touch of Electric Prunes-ish studio-bound garage-psyche mayhem creeping around the edges.” —Stereo Sanctity

“The Specific Heats may be yet another gem unearthed from Brooklyn's prolific underground scene … Mixing surf guitars, garage punk, lo-fi pop sensibilities and occasional noise-infused melodies, their three-girl, one-boy DIY fare is a breathtaking joy to behold. Emerging from the same backyard as kindred spirits Crystal Stilts, Cause Co-Motion, and Vivian Girls, The Specific Heats might just be the most exciting combo of the lot" —Dom Gourlay, Drowned In Sound.com

"I haven't heard psych pop mixed with indiepop this good since the Tables! " —Chris McFarlane, Indie Pages

About The Specific Heats live: “Picture if you will a dancing virtuoso loon of a guitarist leading proceedings with a lovely Mosrite cranked up via a Fuzzrite stompbox, a Fender reverb unit …furious backing on echoed, descending bass-lines, clattering garage-punk drums and swirling, baroque/prog-infused organ respectively, birthing a veritable riot of explosive, expansive psychedelic surf punk-pop bliss.” —Stereo Sanctity