Description:
Album Description
Reissue of the band's 2004 album 'Futureheads'. Included are 2 bonus tracks, the Radio Mix versions of 'Decent Days and Nights' & 'Hounds of Love'. 679. 2005.
Like compatriots Franz Ferdinand , the Futureheads play a dazzling power pop that’s impossible to sit still to. This British quartet’s rambunctious long-playing debut showcases choice art school tastes ca. 2004: Their sound’s strongly influenced by the herky-jerky pop of early XTC, the album was produced by the Gang of Four’s Andy Gill, one of the songs is called "Man Ray" (dada and surrealism are perennial hits with undergrads), w
Album Description
Reissue of the band's 2004 album 'Futureheads'. Included are 2 bonus tracks, the Radio Mix versions of 'Decent Days and Nights' & 'Hounds of Love'. 679. 2005.
Like compatriots Franz Ferdinand , the Futureheads play a dazzling power pop that’s impossible to sit still to. This British quartet’s rambunctious long-playing debut showcases choice art school tastes ca. 2004: Their sound’s strongly influenced by the herky-jerky pop of early XTC, the album was produced by the Gang of Four’s Andy Gill, one of the songs is called "Man Ray" (dada and surrealism are perennial hits with undergrads), while one of the best tunes is a well-placed cover of Kate Bush’s "Hounds of Love." These retro ingredients would result in trendy mush in most hands, but the ’heads’ songs are strange, melodic and almost as original as the artists they brazenly borrow from. With intricately woven vocal harmonies that almost recall jubilee-era gospel (really), excellently sparse production, and a sproing-oing guitar sound that’s to die for, the Futureheads’ snappy songs are not likely to go stale as quickly as your electroclash favorites did. --Mike McGonigal
... (more)
(less)
Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino
Release date: 14 October 2008
EAN: 0093624890829 UPC: 093624890829
My tags:
Add tags
Login
