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22 December 2023
Take heed, young mind-expanders: Sgt. Pepper has been resurrected. Or rebuilt, depending on how you look at it. I mean, his psychedelic spirit’s there, but it’s communicating through a Voltron-like assembly of young, musical robo-cats: The Flaming Lips, The Beach Boys, and a laboratorically-assembled new-wave Franken-band. No joke.
This new musical megalith is Head of Femur, a band whose native tongue is Layered Production, peppered with some of the songwriting region’s complex dialect. And they’re spreading the Sgt.’s love with Ringodom or Proctor, a brand-new, full-length LP.
Though the band’s core staff appears to be a trio, correct math is of no consequence to these chaps. Their player roster reads like a who’s who of independent music, backing themselves with members and former members of such bands as The Black Dahlias, Bright Eyes, and Mayday. This expansion team adds everything from violin and trumpet, to bassoon and flugelhorn, to their guitar/drums/guitar foundation. And the unusual combination of instruments and sounds makes for an interesting listen.
Songs like “January On Strike”, “80 Steps to Jonah”, and “Me, My Dad, My Cousin, and... Ronnie” play like the soundtrack to the really short foreign films your parents don’t understand. Of course, the same could be said for most any of the songs on the disc, but these three are the most solid examples of it. Lyrically, Head of Femur bounces from dreamy, abstract prose, to straightforward, “here’s how it is” narratives.
If you dig putting your ears through a Willy Wonka-like boat ride, though far less terrifying, check them out at headoffemur.com.
This new musical megalith is Head of Femur, a band whose native tongue is Layered Production, peppered with some of the songwriting region’s complex dialect. And they’re spreading the Sgt.’s love with Ringodom or Proctor, a brand-new, full-length LP.
Though the band’s core staff appears to be a trio, correct math is of no consequence to these chaps. Their player roster reads like a who’s who of independent music, backing themselves with members and former members of such bands as The Black Dahlias, Bright Eyes, and Mayday. This expansion team adds everything from violin and trumpet, to bassoon and flugelhorn, to their guitar/drums/guitar foundation. And the unusual combination of instruments and sounds makes for an interesting listen.
Songs like “January On Strike”, “80 Steps to Jonah”, and “Me, My Dad, My Cousin, and... Ronnie” play like the soundtrack to the really short foreign films your parents don’t understand. Of course, the same could be said for most any of the songs on the disc, but these three are the most solid examples of it. Lyrically, Head of Femur bounces from dreamy, abstract prose, to straightforward, “here’s how it is” narratives.
If you dig putting your ears through a Willy Wonka-like boat ride, though far less terrifying, check them out at headoffemur.com.
artid
1412
Old Image
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issue
vol 5 - issue 10 (jun 2003)
section
entertainmental