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The Futureheads
are both an intriguing and powerful mass of contradictions. They
are a band who - like all the best bands - look and feel like a
gang, but who, in this instance, can rarely agree on anything at
all. A band who have deliberately set themselves only
short-term, low-key goals, but are, realistically, on the verge
of going all the way. A band who recognize and salute the DIY
ethic, while simultaneously detesting its implicit
under-achievement. A band who can accurately cite Devo, Queen,
Fugazi and Kate Bush as influences, but who have carved out
their own instantly identifiable sonic niche. Maybe it's a
result of the four of them being a reasonably well-functioning
democracy. And maybe that's a result of them each having a
microphone and, therefore, four separate voices on stage. And
possibly that came about because, having no PA, they had to have
first a music and then a vocal rehearsal, and so decided they
might as well each have a bash at singing. Some things about The
Futureheads, you see, make straightforward sense... Toured this
past fall with Franz Ferdinand in the US, the band will be back
in the US for a headlining tour in February / March '05
Visit The Futureheads website at:
www.thefutureheads.com
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