The Hot Damn! - 'Can You Hear Me Now?'

But hearing loss is no joke, especially for musicians, so our favourite colourful lady pop-rockers The Hot Damn! have teamed up with Help Musicians to highlight the importance of ear plugs at gigs in association with their brand-new single ‘Can You Hear Me Know’. The song is out now, with a fun video from this year’s Call of the Wild Festival to go along with it, and will feature on the band’s forthcoming album ‘Dancing on the Milky Way’ which is due out soon, on 27th September 2024.

The song itself is a typically bright and energetic effort from the hi-octane and perennially neon-clad rockers – even if you can’t hear them, you can probably see them from space. Singer and one-time Amorette Gill Montgomery describes the song as a party tune and “a big f*ck you to all our loser exes” – see, it’s not just Swifty! It starts with the line “same shit, different day” and goes on to say “it’s not the 90s anymore”, although ironically the song captures that American pop-punk vibe from those days, albeit in a modern femme-slam, grrrl rock kind of way. It’s great fun, especially the video, and who doesn’t want to see wee Josie O’Toole pulling one of her trade-mark funny faces? Just watch out that the wind doesn’t change girl!

The band are taking the ear plug message seriously though. As Josie says “losing the ability to enjoy music would be a very sad thing indeed, so we're trying to do our bit to make sure that the party lasts for everyone, for many years to come. Come to a Hot Damn! show! And b.y.o. earplugs or grab some freebie ones at merch if you've forgotten”. You can take The Hot Damn! up on their offer of free earplugs at all dates on their November UK tour which is not to be missed.

The single is out now and the album is available to pre-order in multiple formats, including cosmic splatter and sunshine vinyl, a holographic deluxe CD with bonus tracks, and also a special ear plug bundle which comes with the album on cassette.