So if you were an A+R man wanting to launch a trendy band in the middle of the last decade probably the best way to do it would have been to play post-punk. Maybe get Andy Gill of the Gang of Four to produce some of the songs and throw in a quirky Kate Bush cover. If you were to ask the Futureheads about this their response would probably be the refrain from Le Garage the lead track on their eponymous debut album:
BULL-SHIT! BULL-SHIT! BULL-SHIT!
You do all that but you also sing defiantly in your native North East accent. Throw in off the wall song structures and some well structured vocal harmonies. In fact the best the thing about the Futureheads would be their vocals. They even occasionally go as far a cappella, for eaxmple on The Danger Of The Water.
The drumming is ferocious and the guitars are all stop start (what I believe is described in the music press as 'angular'). The song are all pretty quick (15 tracks inside 37 minutes) and but for the harmonies it could bring to mind the first Wire Album.
It is all pretty high energy stuff and is pretty clever stuff if you want to pay attention to all the subtleties or just a lot of fun if you can't be bothered to dig too deep.
Recommended track: Carnival Kids
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