The Futureheads: News And Tributes

Zgrabne nawiązania do klasyki punka sprzed niemal trzech dekad, przydają muzyce The Futureheads smaku i sprawiają, że cieszy ona nie tylko dzisiejszych nastolatków.... więcej »

Minęły dwa lata, ale w kwestii muzyki niewiele u The Futureheads się zmieniło. To wciąż post-punkowe dźwięki z kręgu new wave. Oszczędny, pozbawiony rozbudowanych aranżacji, ale własny styl. Styl, który tym razem wystarczył jedynie na mocną trójkę.... więcej »

orównując z debiutem sesja z "News & Tributes" przynosi wrażenie obcowania z wyciętym, dwudziestominutowym fragmentem pierwszej płyty rozciągniętym do dwukrotnie dłuższych rozmiarów. To wciąż dużo więcej, niż może nam zaoferować którykolwiek z innych, tęskniących za new wave brytyjskich zespołów, ale dużo mniej, niż skala ich talentu, skoro pomimo świetności materiału nadal można się go czepiać.... więcej »

No Muse-style supermassive re-invention for The Futureheads second album. Instead News And Tributes finds the Sunderland outfit honing their craft and occasionally stretching it.... więcej »

Now, with News and Tributes, the sad truth emerges. The Futureheads were lean from hunger, not discipline. With opportunity, they tend toward the flabbiest sort of excess.... więcej »

Overall though, News and Tributes can't be faulted, and The Futureheads have achieved the basic feat that so many bands are either too incompetent or too scared to; progress with their second album. True to their name then, if nothing else.... więcej »

Only the poppy Skip to the End and the old-fashioned romance of Favours for Favours have the words to match the music's searching spirit, but this is still a brave and interesting record.... więcej »

Maturity? Subtlety? You think this new, grown-up band is no fun anymore, don't you? In lesser hands, probably. But here, they manage to do their maturing without losing the sheer likability which saved the debut from completely drowning in a sea of ideas. For The Futureheads second time round, the news is good. The tributes should be forthcoming.... więcej »

It's catchy, it's warm, it changes mood mid-song, and they get away with the rhyme. It's what scientists might call a conclusion. And given the satisfactory results of the preceding 11 experiments, a watertight conclusion it is.... więcej »

Some will tell you the kernel idea, the knee-jerk impulse, the gut rumble that's our cue to get moving, is always the brightest moment. So if News & Tributes comes up short of the band's last record it's ultimately because it lacks the urgency of a one-shot glory bid. But it's impossible to play every song like it's your last when you plan to stick around a while, when you've earned something to lose.... więcej »

For all their structured art and tight performances, the Futureheads aren't a band to hold anything back (except when they use restraint to heighten emotional tension). Whether it's the jumpy "Yes/No" or the blast of "Return of the Beserker" or the group struggle of "Worry About It Later", they're here to get you moving along with them. They even offer some advice along the way, but you should ignore at least one suggestion. There's no need to "skip to the end".... więcej »

f there's nothing quite as instantly gratifying as was The Futureheads' "Hounds Of Love," the whole of News And Tributes still stands as a more accomplished album, muscular without being overpowering and stylish without being vacuous.... więcej »

Don't get me wrong, News and Tributes is a solid album, and its high points are worth listening to over and over. Unfortunately, some of the weaker tracks were given primetime slots.... więcej »

Like mid-`80s Scritti Politti, News And Tributes is pop music made by DIY heads, accessible sounds made by young men loathe to sell their intelligence down the river. True, it might not awaken the same instant delight as its predecessor, but its cries should resonate as long, and as loud.... więcej »