URBAN HEAT live in Saint Paul
Special Guests To Be Announced
7PM • $17 Advance / $20 Day Of Show • 16+
www.LeoPresents.com
Urban Heat are a 3-piece American post-punk band from Austin, TX. The band formed
in 2019 when multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Jonathan Horstmann enlisted Kevin
Naquin and Paxel Foley to form a live show based on his analog sound design. The
result fuses dark 80's stylings with modern flourishes, with Horstmann's throaty baritone
delivering musings on existence and romanticism against an unrelenting industrial
gothic pulse. Their live show is undeniably energetic and engaging, earning them slots
at Austin's Levitation and Seattle’s Freakout Fest in 2021. They released 6 singles
between 2019 and 2022 and while the pandemic saw their SXSW 2020 performance
canceled, they returned in 2022 as official artists.
2022 brought exponential growth to the band. Their single “Have You Ever” had a viral
moment on TikTok and was viewed over a million times. Atomic Music Group took
Urban Heat on for North American booking and in the fall they completed a national
headlining tour. They were selected as Sonic Guild grant recipients and were featured
as KUTX 98.9's Artist of the Month for July. The band played the Austin City Limits
festival in October and in Jan 2023 was nominated for Band of the Year and Song of
the Year in the Austin Music Awards. In March 2023 Urban Heat joined Vision Video
as direct support for a 3-week tour that took them to the East Coast and Canada. In
May 2023 Urban Heat will be playing Cruel World Fest in Pasadena California, joining
a lineup that includes Siouxsie, Iggy Pop, Gary Numan, and other genre icons.
"A lightning rod of dark electro/proto-punk/new wave/synth wave/part goth/part industrial
sound that is all the things but... simultaneously transcending them into something
fresher." - Laurie Gallardo, KUTX 98.9
Special Guests To Be Announced
7PM • $17 Advance / $20 Day Of Show • 16+
www.LeoPresents.com
Urban Heat are a 3-piece American post-punk band from Austin, TX. The band formed
in 2019 when multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Jonathan Horstmann enlisted Kevin
Naquin and Paxel Foley to form a live show based on his analog sound design. The
result fuses dark 80's stylings with modern flourishes, with Horstmann's throaty baritone
delivering musings on existence and romanticism against an unrelenting industrial
gothic pulse. Their live show is undeniably energetic and engaging, earning them slots
at Austin's Levitation and Seattle’s Freakout Fest in 2021. They released 6 singles
between 2019 and 2022 and while the pandemic saw their SXSW 2020 performance
canceled, they returned in 2022 as official artists.
2022 brought exponential growth to the band. Their single “Have You Ever” had a viral
moment on TikTok and was viewed over a million times. Atomic Music Group took
Urban Heat on for North American booking and in the fall they completed a national
headlining tour. They were selected as Sonic Guild grant recipients and were featured
as KUTX 98.9's Artist of the Month for July. The band played the Austin City Limits
festival in October and in Jan 2023 was nominated for Band of the Year and Song of
the Year in the Austin Music Awards. In March 2023 Urban Heat joined Vision Video
as direct support for a 3-week tour that took them to the East Coast and Canada. In
May 2023 Urban Heat will be playing Cruel World Fest in Pasadena California, joining
a lineup that includes Siouxsie, Iggy Pop, Gary Numan, and other genre icons.
"A lightning rod of dark electro/proto-punk/new wave/synth wave/part goth/part industrial
sound that is all the things but... simultaneously transcending them into something
fresher." - Laurie Gallardo, KUTX 98.9