The project of
Hot Hot Heat frontman
Steve Bays and the Gay Nineties'
Parker Bossley,
Fur Trade takes the duo's knack for hooks in directions influenced by yacht rock as well as psychedelic and electronic music.
Bays and
Bossley -- who at one time played bass for
Hot Hot Heat -- recorded the music for their debut album at
Bays' Tugboat PI studio, with
Bossley playing guitar and bass,
Bays on drums and keyboards, and the pair splitting vocal duties. After teasing
Fur Trade's sound with the single "Kids These Days," the full-length
Don't Get Heavy arrived in July 2013. ~ Heather Phares