released September 20, 2023
Written and performed by Dino R. DiMuro - All Rights Reserved
(Except "Let's Knock Knees" written by Mark Gordon and Harry Revel.)

From Jaimee Funk at Pitch Perfect Music:

"You have to wonder how viable a double album is these days. According to recent articles from BMI a lot of younger generations are simply sticking to playlists. I think there’s a good case we might have completely screwed up our attention spans. In my opinion it’s a sad state of affairs but I love that artists like Dino DiMuro are making them regardless.

DiMuro is releasing a double album in the not too distant future but before that occurs he released “The Heatstroke Outies Suite.” On his Bandcamp page he mentions “This song is a collage of outtakes from the double album Heatstroke Alley. None of these songs or fragments appear on that album or elsewhere.”

The song is sixteen minutes long and throughout you can hear his love for Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa. I would say this song sounds like a true auditory collage. When you zoom out the song is a bi-polar composition that takes detours and back alleys where you’re never quite sure you might land.

Musically, there sure is a lot to latch on to if you enjoy a song that will deviate from 4/4 and tempo on a regular basis. The melodies are like ideas that suddenly pop and disappear. Of course some of the ideas last longer than others. Take for instance the music around the three-minute mark which sounds like an outtake from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Lyrically, the song has a very Zappa like quality. There’s a lot of non-sequiturs and absurdity. That being said, the words are only one part of the equation. A lot of it has to do with the hyperbolic way in which they are delivered. Something about DiMuro bringing up David Crosby cracked me up.

The amount of music DiMuro makes in these sixteen minutes is impressive. As soon as you start to settle into a groove DiMuro will pull the carpet underneath your feet and make a change. I’m not talking about a subtle change. It’s usually a 180.

​I have high hopes for this album considering these are the outtakes. There’s a specific niche of music fans who will totally connect with what DiMuro is doing. Fans of Zappa, Captan Beefheart and other like-minded artists will understand and embrace it. Take a listen."