“Elevator” was Hot Hot Heat’s newest album back in 2005. It took me about five years to eventually listen to the thing in full. Why did it take so long after hearing tracks like “Goodnight Goodnight”, “Middle of Nowhere”, and “Island of the Honest Man”? I’m not quite sure of that myself. But after hearing it for the first time in 2010, I thought it was alright. Some critics thought it was a bit of a let down after the hype built up after their first album, especially as “Elevator” was their first on a major label. Whatever, I maintain my statement that I think the album is alright.

The title track is the last song on the album. It may be the only track to feature a piano on there which you can blatantly hear in the song’s introduction and other various parts, so you know there’s got to be some real emotional depth to the track’s topic. The track is about a relationship in which the song’s ‘protagonist’ is apprehensive on taking it to the next step with their other half,  instead wanting to keep things simple and not so serious. They that if the former happens, it will only lead to disappointment. And all these commitment issues are compared to an elevator going up and down, possibly to symbolise the instability of it all.

Yeah, this song’s alright too. If you haven’t heard it, or listened to anything else by Hot Hot Heat for that matter, the lead singer’s vocals may irritate you. They don’t for me, I think they’re funny sometimes. But to each their own.