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Githead - Profile
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Year :: 2005
Label :: Swim
Cat No :: WM36
Genre :: Indie
Tracks :: 09
Size :: 65,2 MB
Source :: CDDA
Bitrate :: VBRKBps
Rel. Date :: 07/06/2005
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The charmingly monikered Githead follow up the
'Headgit' EP with 'Profile'; their debut album and
first outing for the now Max Franken-enhanced line-up
(Minimal Compact). Also counting Wire's Colin Newman,
Scanner's Robin Rimbaud and Minimal Compact's Malka
Spigel amongst their ranks, Githead certainly have
some heritage to draw upon, and draw upon it they do,
with 'Profile' succeeding in taking their early
sound, filtering out the self-indulgent crap and
leaving an album full of sequestered guitar based
songs. 'Alpha' opens 'Profile' with a scene setting
(almost Radiohead) plethora of evolving
instrumentation and Ian Drury vocals ("It's always
one thing or another...") that unexpectedly break
free and soar, taking you with them ready or not, a
trick Githead successfully repeat throughout. So
whilst 'My LCA (Little Box Of Magic)' goes for
digitally manipulated pop and 'Cosmology For
Beginners' is a baggy trousered crossbreed of The
Specials/New Order and shouty Anglo-rap, 'Raining
Down' prefers to plunder The Smiths and Mogwai for
its kicks, without it ever feeling either awkward or
ill-advised. Jammy gits.
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[01] Githead - Alpha [05:55]
[02] Githead - My LCA (Little Box Of Magic) [03:51]
[03] Githead - Cosmology For Beginners [04:26]
[04] Githead - Antiphon [04:47]
[05] Githead - They Are [03:39]
[06] Githead - Option Paralysis [05:26]
[07] Githead - Wallpaper [05:40]
[08] Githead - Raining down [07:14]
[09] Githead - Pylons [03:28]
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