The Futureheads
Rant
Nul
2012
Rating: 5.5 bloody socks out of 10
When I heard the Futureheads had recorded an acapella record, I thought surely I was being fucked with...but apparently not. On top of that, it's not nearly as weird and off-putting as you'd think it would be - this is surprisingly listenable. It's still a gimmick and will have the shelf life of already ripe bananas, but a decent gimmick at least. They do new versions of some of their best songs, including "Man Ray" and "Meantime," but the stand-out items are the covers. Sure, including performers like Sparks and Richard Thompson don't draw a ton of surprise. But they also have Black Eyed Peas and Kelis tracks here, and whats more the Peas' song might be the best on the record. That might be the first time anyone over 14 has called a Black Eyed Peas' song "the best."
This did inspire me to go back and listen to their first self-titled record again, and what a fantastic record that remains to be nearly a decade later.
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