The Futureheads
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| The Futureheads | |
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 The Futureheads perform at the 2005 Glastonbury Festival.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Sunderland, England |
| Genre(s) | Post-punk revival Indie rock |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Label(s) | Vagrant/StarTime International 679 Recordings 2004-2007 Nul Records 2008- |
| Website | http://www.thefutureheads.co.uk |
| Members | |
| Ross Millard Dave Hyde Barry Hyde David "Jaff" Craig |
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| Former members | |
| Peter Brewis | |
The Futureheads are a four-piece English post-punk revival band from Sunderland. Their name comes from the title of the The Flaming Lips record Hit to Death in the Future Head.
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[edit] Biography
The band met at Bede college as a trio of Barry Hyde (vocals and guitar), Jaff (bass), and Peter Brewis (drums). Ross Millard (vocals and guitar) joined soon after having been in a band with Jaff. They used the Sunderland City Detached Youth Project building (where Brewis and Hyde worked) as a free practice space, fitting since the project was intended to get young people off the streets by using music. They first performed in 2000, and through word-of-mouth their reputation in the local area grew. Hyde's younger brother Dave (who replaced Brewis, who went on to join fellow north east rockers Field Music) joined later, and their first single was released in 2002.
In an interview with Channel 4’s 4Music, Barry Hyde revealed that Dave was given a gold guitar by his parents when he was young. But Barry had taken it off him to learn to strum his first chords. Dave was left with nothing, forcing him to take up the drums.
The Futureheads released their self-titled debut album in September 2004 on 679 recordings. Five tracks on this record were produced by Andy Gill of Gang of Four. The song "Decent Days And Nights" from the album was featured in the videogame soundtrack to Burnout 3 on PlayStation 2 and Xbox as well as EA's Rugby 2005.
In February 2005, "Hounds of Love", a cover of a Kate Bush song, was released as a single in the UK charts. It reached number eight in its first week, and was named best single of 2005 by NME. The band recently toured the US and later supported the Pixies, Foo Fighters and Snow Patrol on their most recent UK tour. The Futureheads played their first ever gig at Ashbrooke Cricket Club in December 2000.
They performed at BBC Radio One's One Big Weekend, held in their home town of Sunderland over the weekend of 7 May-8 May 2005. On 8 May 2005 Sunderland A.F.C. picked up the Coca-Cola Championship trophy. In tribute, the Futureheads performed a set live at the Stadium of Light as pre-match entertainment.
A stand-alone EP Area was released in November 2005 while the band were working on their second album News and Tributes (name inspired by the Munich air disaster in 1958), which, according to NME in February 2006, took only five weeks to produce. The first single from the album was "Skip to the End" released on May 15. The album News and Tributes was first released on June 13, 2006.
The Futureheads were dropped by their label (679 Recordings) in November 2006.
The Futureheads Single Hounds of Love became a cult festival chant throughout 2006.
In June 2007, they reportedly completed work on their third album, This Is Not the World, which was released in May of 2008. Ross Millard from the band said that he expected the new album to be punkier than the last album. He also revealed that the band were close to splitting during the time after the second album was released.
The band made a free download called "Broke Up The Time" available from their website on November 9, 2007. They also announced three gigs in the UK followed by a full UK tour and now have their own label Nul Records, set up exclusively to distribute Futureheads material. In December 2007 the band released a video of them walking around Carnaby Street, Central London to the single "The Beginning of the Twist". It was also accompanied by a free download of a song called "Crash".
On April 16, 2008, the video for the second single off of "This Is Not The World" was released.
[edit] Musical style
The band is influenced by New Wave and Post-punk bands such like Kate Bush, The Wellingtons, Devo, XTC, The Jam and the Post-hardcore of Fugazi.
Dado Villa-Lobos, former member of Legião Urbana in an interview for Rede Globo described the band as "a arena rock band playing math-post-punk-pop"
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- The Futureheads (July 12, 2004) 679 Recordings #11 UK
- News and Tributes (May 29, 2006) 679 Recordings #12 UK
- This Is Not the World (May 24, 2008) Nul Records #17 UK (#1 UK)
[edit] EPs
- Nul Book Standard EP (2002) Project Cosmonaut
- 1-2-3-Nul! EP (2003) Fantastic Plastic Records
- Area EP (November 28, 2005) 679 Recordings
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single(s) | UK Singles Chart | Album |
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| 2004 | "First Day" | 58 | The Futureheads |
| "Decent Days and Nights" | 23 | ||
| "Meantime" | 49 | ||
| 2005 | "Hounds of Love" | 8 | |
| "Decent Days and Nights" (re-issue) | 26 | ||
| "Area" | 18 | Area EP | |
| 2006 | "Skip to the End" | 24 | News And Tributes |
| "Worry About It Later" | 52 | ||
| 2008 | "The Beginning of the Twist" | 20 | This Is Not the World |
| "Radio Heart" | 65 |
[edit] Free downloads
- "A To B" (2004)
- "Broke Up the Time" (Nov 2007)
[edit] Compilations
- Music from the OC: Mix 4 (2005 · Warner Bros./Wea)
- Grandma's Boy Original Soundtrack with the song "Meantime".
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Review Summary At Metacritic
- Futureheads interview with Three Monkeys
- Futureheads interview with the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph ahead of the release of The Beginning Of The Twist
- Review - Radio Heart - Daily Music Guide
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