Hands On Heads are a dysfunctional pop group from London.
Hands On Heads write abrupt, non-repetitive songs about unrequited friendship, romantic potential, the supernatural everyday, righteous joy and expectation. Our songs rarely scale the dizzying heights of the two minute mark, relying on shock and awe song-writing tactics to get their message across. Hands on Heads don’t believe in reiteration, they make a point with emphasis, then move on to the next fractured song of double-speed dynamics and feral abandon. The guitar lines jump from fret to fret like ten spiders on a web of chaotic noise, the organ (always pitched at a haunting seasick echo) is played like a stenograph, whilst the drums tumble and blast along with the savage bass, the songs forever pushed onwards by the fervent vocal attack.
Hands On Heads have a record coming out in May 2007 split with The Sticks on Upset The Rhythm. The spooked lyricism and frantic spontaneity of Hands on Heads’ music perfectly complementing the heartfelt gooey blues of The Sticks. The split 10†record will be released on green and red dipped vinyl, limited to 500 copies only, and housed within a screen-printed sleeve.
"Like, if you multiplied the frets on a guitar by the beats in a bar by every e-number in a gingerbread towerblock. Featuring, um (maybe) an old school seaside/cinema organ, hyperspeed dynamics and a litter of puppies yelping from the depths of a spin cycle (it's OK! They like it!) well until they drown obvs." PLAN B
"After a string of uber-cool releases including No Age, Barr and Death Sentence: Panda! the 'Upset The Rhythm' crew throw-out another alternative gem featuring london-based HANDS ON HEADS and brighton duo, THE STICKS. The HANDS ON HEADS side is all high-speed spazzy indie, like the yummy fur playing tig in a haunted house, whilst THE STICKS sounds like the Coachwhips arm-wrestling the Country Teasers in a cave. Limited to 500 copies on red and green dipped 10" vinyl with a hand screen heavy-card
sleeve. Do not miss this!" ROUGH TRADE
There's a Playlouder review here and a Drowned in Sound review here .
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