Video: The Futureheads - The Beginning Of The Twist

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You have to wonder how parting ways will effect a band. Will they sulk and lick their wounds, or will they rebound strongly and in an effort to prove themselves. With the UK's The Futureheads, it's definitely the latter. After leaving Warner last year, the band has self-released This Is Not The World , probably the band's strongest album to date. The record was produced by mega-producer Youth. Personally I've always found The Futureheads' Robyn Hitchcock-esque songs to be quite catchy. However, there was always something lacking, something hollow within their sound which prevented me [...]

( via ) I had remembered liking the first Futureheads album when it came out (way back in 2004), but I had kind of forgotten about the band. But when Brooklyn Vegan announced they were throwing a concert at Pianos a night after their Bowery show, I said to myself, "Self, your indie cred is on the line if you don't go to this secret show." Or maybe I said, "Hey cool. I'm not doing anything Wednesday night." I don't remember. Anyway, for whatever reason, I'm so glad I went. The [...]

Rock's freshman class of 2005 were a promising bunch but, one by one, the likes of The Futureheads, Maximo Park, The Editors, The Magic Numbers and Bloc Party turned all moody, difficult and, frankly, kind of spotty in their sophomore year. Growing up, it's a bitch. Of the forementioned acts, Sunderland's Futureheads are the first to release a third album of new material and — whew! — the melodies that went AWOL on sophomore disc News and Tributes make a triumphant return on This Is Not The World. The [...]

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Third album from Sunderland, England post-punk quartet anticipates the inevitable flux of the times -- the moments where the familiar become foreign, where planned outcomes yield to unseen endgames.

This Is Not The World is twelve songs full of driving melodies to set you free from the boredom and drudgery for a little while. Produced by Youth and mixed by Clive Goddard, throughout the album, The Futureheads set walls of raging guitars that spring and explode, while the refrains burn a little more in the head with each passing time. You can preview the album over at spinner where you can listen to the whole of This Is Not The World out June 3rd in the [...]

Atephoald's "unreleased, exclusive" remix of The Futureheads' "Beginning of the Twist," available on RCRD LBL, improves on the original as far as my ears are concerned, anyway (results may vary). As with the rest of the music on RCRD LBL, which feels like an MP3 blog but is actually a label/distributor , this song is available as a free MP3 download. The site pays up to $5K for tracks it releases for free, asking that other sites not rehost the tracks -- fair enough. (This one in particular appears to have [...]

It seems like it has been forever since The Futureheads released 2006's News & Tributes , but the wait will come to an end when the English quartet release their new album, This Is Not The World , on May 27th. World will be the band's first album on their own imprint, Nul Recordings, after spending time on both Sire and Vagrant. The band recently released the first single from the album, "The Beginning Of The Twist," [...]

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The UK post-punk outfit The Futureheads are back with This Is Not The World , due for release this Spring on NUL Recordings. You can check out the video for first single 'The Beginning Of A Twist' which dropped on March 10th in the UK, and the physical single in the UK is available as two vinyls and one cd, along with the download-able version and 10 live versions of the song recorded at different cities on their most recent tour. This Is Not The World will be released in the US this May. video: [...]

The UK post-punk outfit The Futureheads are back, but this time without a major label. 'This Is Not The World' will be released this Spring on NUL Recordings. They're releasing this one themselves. Check out their open letter to fans video about doing it on their own. You can get your first taste of the record with the single "The Beginning Of A Twist" on their Myspace page, which dropped on March 10th in the UK with a #20 placing in the Top 20 [...]

So far this year has been a fascinating one for watching the change of direction in the music biz. You can now add The Futureheads to a growing list of artists that have opted for the DIY work ethic of self-releasing music, as their new album will be out on NUL Recordings, as in No Recordings. Yes, the UK group is putting This Is Not The World out themselves this Spring, which is being preceded by the single "The Beginning Of A Twist." The new album will hit stores in the US this May. In the meantime, enjoy [...]

Popular British post-punk outfit The Futureheads have posted the new video from their upcoming self-released album . The record will be the band's first non-major label release in the UK via their own Nul Recordings. The band released the first single from the album, Beginning of a Twist on March 10th and have made the video for the title track available online.

Ze zijn er weer: The Futureheads. En hoe! Check de video van 'The Beginning Of The Twist', afkomstig van het in mei verschijnende album This Is Not the World. ...

Ze zijn er weer: The Futureheads. En hoe! Check de video van 'The Beginning Of The Twist', afkomstig van het in mei verschijnende album This Is Not the World. ...

It's been a while since we looked at the current singles charts, so I thought we'd check out the UK Top 100 Singles this week. But yeah, the Top 10 was pretty dull. How about we look at the chart's new entries? Here's a few of the most interesting singles to hit the chart for [...]

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Finally, the band who did the best Kate Bush cover ever (sorry Placebo) is back with their new single "The Beginning of the Twist" that is released in the UK on March 10th. I missed them...

The Futureheads - The Beginning Of The Twist Punk News reports , "In a somewhat surprise announcement, The Futureheads have eschewed any label support whatsoever and have formed their own label, Nul Recordings, to release material solely from the band in the future. In a recent interview with the Lancashire Evening Post frontman Barry Hyde commented: There was a certain day where [the band's former label Warner Bros] [...]

VIDEO: THE FUTUREHEADS Like many, I was a big fan of the driving, angular pop of The Futureheads' 2004 self-titled debut. But their follow-up album 2006's News and Tributes was a bit of a disappointment -- more of the same, but much less fun. Their newest single "The Beginning of the Twist" is a good sign that the English band found their mojo again and that their next album just may something to look forward to. THE FUTUREHEADS "Beginning of the Twist" [...]