Remember that part at the end of _Back To The Future_ where Marty is slaying guitar during "Johnny B. Goode" at his parent's "Enchantment Under The Sea" dance? Well I DO, AND I WISH I WAS THERE. Anyway, you could easily replace "Johnny B. Goode" with Grand Rapids-based band [Heaters](https://heaters.bandcamp.com/)' new jam titled "Mean Green." The band even did you a favor in visualizing a situation like this with a retro 50s-inspired video featuring a bunch of slick dudes dancing with poodle skirt dames. The band's story is a classic high-school-best-friends-meet-neighbor-start-band situation. The trio released a handful of EPs, split records, and tracks last year, and are now finally ready to take the leap in releasing their first debut full-length album later this year via [Beyond Beyond is Beyond.](http://beyondbeyondisbeyond.com/)

"Mean Green" is the A-side of Heaters' upcoming seven-inch (out today!) which you can order [here](https://beyondbeyondisbeyondrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mean-green-7). Watch the video below, and please note that it is totally possible to hand-jive to garage rock.

Out April 28, 2015 on Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records: https://beyondbeyondisbeyondrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mean-green-7

If it takes any more than fifteen seconds to hear what “mean” means to the Michigan men who make up Heaters, pick up the needle and start again. “Mean Green” is the A-side track of the band’s new seven-inch single from Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records, presenting a surf-centric slab of sonic stomp that doubles as a definition of “mean.”

In the case of Heaters, “mean” is meant in the context that might be used to describe a 1970 GTO piloted by a jittery Warren Oates – not belligerent, but aggressive, blank-eyes staring at the horizon, fueled by dread and ready to accelerate into the nearest dangerous curve. What’s “green” about “Mean Green” then seems to be Heaters ability to glide into this path naturally, snaking absolutely without hesitation through the song’s tight turns in a way that’s insistent and invigorating.

The flipside of the single, “Levitate Thigh,” proves the band to be possessed by the power of rock and roll, initially bringing the tempo to a stuttering slow-roll, before Heaters are once again the willing captives of a Seeds-level web of sounds, guitar snarl, feedback and drums creating the trap in which the band has no chance – and no desire – to escape.
– RevoltoftheApes.com

HEATERS - Mean Green (Official Video)

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