England's Futureheads may be one of the first real punk bands to emerge in many years. With an arsenal of blisteringly fast, great songs, a strident artiness, and so much youth, their trajectory should be unstoppable. "On their self-titled full-length debut, the Futureheads turn the promise of their early EPs and singles into an almost relentlessly playful, lively and smart album of zippy post-punk-pop. Even though shades of XTC, the Jam and Gang of Four (whose Andy Gill produced the album) jump out at alm...   [ read more ]

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The Futureheads formed in 2000, in Sunderland. More specifically, in Barry's garage really. The line-up of the band at that point consisted of Jaff (Bass, Vocals), Barry Hyde (Guitar, Vocals), Ross Millard (Guitar, Vocals), and Peter Brewis, now of cerebral pop-masterpiece-makers, Field Music (Drums, Vocals). The recording of of News and Tributes took place over a period of 6 weeks in winter 2005 in a remote farmhouse near Scarborough, in North Yorkshire. Ben Hillier produced the record, and the band loo...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. This Is Not The World, it could be said, is an amalgamation of the last two Futureheads albums -it has the excitement, urgency and vigour of The Futureheads with the added control, sincerity and maturity employed on News & Tributes. It's the album they always intended to make. Recorded over three weeks in Spain last summer, legendary producer Youth (Primal Scream, The Verve) clipped the Mackem lads' overflowing pot of songs into shape. Out of it came twelve short, sharp shocks of pure Fut...   [ read more ]

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