2008 Woodie Awards
Brit Band of the Future
British band has the potential to hit American ears with a good note.
Ike Saunders
Issue date: 11/12/04 Section: Entertainment
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British musicians are great. Particularly male bands (their music just tends to be more enjoyable, in my opinion).
The only thing that truly sucks about The Futureheads is that they stay on the other freaggin' side of the Atlantic Ocean.
It's hard to describe the way music sounds other than comparing them to another band. Fans of Modest Mouse and The White Stripes should hone in on this CD. So should those of you who have a thing for British accents.
The Sunderland-based band (that's in England) sings with British-accents proudly (they don't pull any of those funky tricks other British singers pull in sounding accent-less when singing but accent-ful when speaking). All four band members are vocalists for the songs, so tastes of all voices are present in their songs. The punk-rocky feel is very fast-paced, bouncy, and percussion-driven. Some songs are very simplistic and superficial in their message. "Stupid and Shallow." for instance, is composed of 3.8 of 5 stanzas that merely repeat the same lyrics, "You eat shit 'cause you're stupid and shallow/But I like it when you're stupid and shallow/When you're dying on the floor/And you won't stop talking about it any more," and creatively cites a hierarchy of genders with, "An alpha male is better than a b male/A female is better than a male male." Other songs comment on relationships, such as "Meantime," in lyrically constructing the statements, "And you thought that I was joking when I said you were a moron/When I said it I was smiling, so you thought that I was joking."
The unfortunate problem to note is that many of the songs are similar in style. This can be attributed to the fact that it is their first album, so allow them to have time to find their own sound. It very much falls in the genre of British punk-esque music. Go to their site, www.thefutureheads.com, if you desire to test their music out prior to buying their CD. Definitely give them a try, though. I'd give it a thumbs up.Thier style is reminiscent of Modern English's "Take On Me."
The only thing that truly sucks about The Futureheads is that they stay on the other freaggin' side of the Atlantic Ocean.
It's hard to describe the way music sounds other than comparing them to another band. Fans of Modest Mouse and The White Stripes should hone in on this CD. So should those of you who have a thing for British accents.
The Sunderland-based band (that's in England) sings with British-accents proudly (they don't pull any of those funky tricks other British singers pull in sounding accent-less when singing but accent-ful when speaking). All four band members are vocalists for the songs, so tastes of all voices are present in their songs. The punk-rocky feel is very fast-paced, bouncy, and percussion-driven. Some songs are very simplistic and superficial in their message. "Stupid and Shallow." for instance, is composed of 3.8 of 5 stanzas that merely repeat the same lyrics, "You eat shit 'cause you're stupid and shallow/But I like it when you're stupid and shallow/When you're dying on the floor/And you won't stop talking about it any more," and creatively cites a hierarchy of genders with, "An alpha male is better than a b male/A female is better than a male male." Other songs comment on relationships, such as "Meantime," in lyrically constructing the statements, "And you thought that I was joking when I said you were a moron/When I said it I was smiling, so you thought that I was joking."
The unfortunate problem to note is that many of the songs are similar in style. This can be attributed to the fact that it is their first album, so allow them to have time to find their own sound. It very much falls in the genre of British punk-esque music. Go to their site, www.thefutureheads.com, if you desire to test their music out prior to buying their CD. Definitely give them a try, though. I'd give it a thumbs up.Thier style is reminiscent of Modern English's "Take On Me."