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LUSH WITH HARMONIES AND ANGELIC MADE THEIR BEST ALBUM YET.. KITTY EMPIRE THE OBSERVER, 2003.
THIS MAN IS OUR GREATEST SONGWRITER. RECOGNISE HIM? MICK HEAD NME FRONT COVER OCTOBER 1999.
MICK HEAD IS A GENIUS NOEL GALLAGHER.
MICHAEL HEAD & THE RED ELASTIC BANDS DEAR SCOTT WAS MOJO #1 BEST ALBUM OF 2022
20TH ANNIVERSARY REPRESS of Shacks Heres Tom With The Weather.
Remastered and available on 180gm black vinyl and Indies Only Oxblood colour vinyl with new printed inner.
A hugely in demand repress (the original vinyl pressing on North Country changes hands for hundreds of pounds..) now released on Shacks newly created own label Shack Songs.
The Shack story is one of musics greatest legends. It incorporates hardship, bereavement and chaotic misadventure, but above all it tells the tale of beautiful music triumphing over trouble and tragedy.
Heres Tom with The Weather boasts a majestic and fresh form. These are magical songs, psychedelic folk songs of the finest Head vintage. Sleepy-eyed, wistful and mystical, yet crafted with a cunning and acute dexterity beyond just about anybody you can think of.
The two profoundly Liverpudlian brothers Mick and John Head have made several brilliant albums together , but none as quickly as Heres Tom which was completed in seven weeks at Brynderwen Studios in North Wales along with drummer Iain Templeton (RIP) , bassist Guy Rigby and producer Jay Reynolds in 2003.
In the 80s , the two brothers from the notorious Kensington estate in north Liverpool were singer and guitarist with The Pale Fountains , an effervescent pop group which imploded under the weight of two albums in 1986. The Heads returned in 88 as Shack and a debut album Zilch. In 1991 , Shack made Waterpistol , an inspirational guitar jewel that would have proved just as influential as any British album in that era had the studio not burned down, taking the master tapes with it. Four more years passed , but by the time it was finally released on Marina it had developed lost classic status.
The Heads battled on. They toured as their hero Arthur Lee (RIP) of Loves backing band. In 97 , they created a new group called The Strands and recorded the delicate, dreamy masterpiece The Magical World Of The Strands . They spent a long time making another classic HMS Fable , and then decided that next time they wouldnt take quite as long recording. Enter Heres Tom With The Weather.
Showcasing Johns slow , shy emergence as a songwriter to challenge his brother (on the sparkling, heartbreaking Miles Apart and Carousel , and the spun-out Kilburn High Road ) , toasting Micks newest confirmation as the most unrecognised genius of his or any other generation (the ode to his bro, Byrds Turn To Stone , the mariachi horns that break open the slow folk fog of Meant To Be , the two lullaby bookends ..and on , and on) .
The journey weve had together has been beautifully turbulent, laughs John. But theres times when we glide and were gliding forward now
Mick agrees. Making this album has been frantic, chaos, carnage, intense : the normal way with us. But it doesnt sound like that. Thats all that matters. The story is what it is. But so are the songs and so are the records. Because were good.
Nobody could disagree with that.
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