Better on iPhonemodern · classicSign inThe SPECIFIC HEATS’s next Boston-area show is November 1, 2026 at Middle East Upstairs.
The Specific Heats began in 2004 as the solo project of Mat Patalano and was then fully actualized into a full band. Inspired by Mat’s love for 1960s surf, pop, garage & psych pop as well as 90s/2000s indie pop, their sound developed from a blend of energetic yet melancholy indie pop into the “missing link” between timid and meticulous indie pop & and wild, untamed garage rock that no one had ever asked for. They released the self-produced
The SPECIFIC HEATS has played Boston once on foobos since September 2026.