Totally Real is the debut album from Total Heat, a chameleon music project led by Ross Wallace Chait. Taking leads from the musical legacy of Laurel Canyon, where he was raised, he's always admired the rock n' roll songwriting craft despite an insatiable tendency toward experimental music and improvisation. Love of music guided him through a slew of bands in his teenage years, deep experiences playing jazz, countless noise cassette releases, two years as Randy Newman's right hand man, ties to the Coltrane family, international tours on drums with Girlpool among others, and, most significantly, a truly unique stylistic sensibility that blends it all. The album is a testament to how music can capture the life experience of an individual not only by what it says, but by how it sounds. On this debut album, Chait sets out to loudly and proudly state that a life lived for music is the strangest and most beautiful life there is. Recorded (mostly) at home with a characteristic "mid-fi," jazzy, noisy mood, this record comes from the mindset that humor and honesty, references and exploration, form and formlessness can all coexist in an album or even a song if the attitude's right.
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Featured Upcoming Vinyl
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Arjen Anthony Lucassen Songs No One Will Hear [2xLP]
Inside Out Music
September 12, 2025 -
Maroon 5 Love Is Like (Orange; Amazon Exclusive)
Interscope/Geffen/A&M
August 15, 2025 -
Hand Habits Blue Reminder
Fat Possum
August 22, 2025 -
Sault 10
Forever Living Origi
August 1, 2025 -
Calum Scott Avenoir (Transparent Pumpkin Spice)
Capitol
September 12, 2025 -
Arm's Length There's A Whole World Out There
Pure Noise Records
August 8, 2025 -
Rob Thomas All Night Days (Knock Wood) (Amazon Exclusive)
Universal Records
September 5, 2025 -
Soulwax All Systems Are Lying [2xLP]
Because Music
October 17, 2025 -
Before The Dawn Cold Flare Eternal (Blue Splatter)
Reaper Entertainment
September 5, 2025 -
Celeste Woman Of Faces
Capitol
November 14, 2025 -
All Time Low Everyone's Talking!
Photo Finish Records
October 17, 2025 -
Robert Plant Saving Grace
Nonesuch
September 26, 2025 -
Thrice Horizons / West
Epitaph
October 3, 2025 -
Chris Stamey Anything Is Possible
Label 51 Recordings
August 22, 2025