The Futureheads are a post-punk band which incorporates elements of a cappe… Read Full Bio ↴The Futureheads are a post-punk band which incorporates elements of a cappella into their music. They were formed in 2000 in Sunderland, England, United Kingdom or more specifically, in Barry's garage. The line-up of the band at that point was Jaff (Bass, Vocals), Barry Hyde (Guitar, Vocals), Ross Millard (Guitar, Vocals), and Peter Brewis (Drums, Vocals), now of cerebral pop-masterpiece-makers Field Music.
After playing countless hometown shows, the Futureheads took the show on the road with a massive helping hand from Slampt Records' Milky Wimpshake. A tour of Squats and Youth Centres in Central Europe came in summer 2001, due to which the band switched out drummers. In place of Peter Brewis ambled a young pretender, Mr David Hyde (Drums, Vocals).
Several singles followed - the first, Nul Book Standard, can now be seen casually hanging out on eBay from time to time. A relationship with the lovely people at Fantastic Plastic briefly followed. 'The Futureheads' was released in summer 2004, on 679 Recordings, and then the band hit the road. Some highlights of 2005 include playing Glastonbury Festival on Baz's birthday, Hounds Of Love going Top Ten, meeting Dennis Hopper on Jimmy Kimmel's US TV Show, and getting that most infamous of Albatrosses, The Second Album under their belts.
‘News and Tributes’ was released in May 2006. It reached 11 in the album chart, and saw the band touring the world and continuing to win fans and supporters with their exhilarating live shows.
Fast forward to 2008, and The Futureheads are back, bolder and better than ever, exploding back onto the scene with their new album ‘This Is Not The World’. Embracing the punk-rock ethic like never before, Barry, Ross, Jaff and Dave are releasing their third album independently and taking control of their own destiny. It’s going to feel like the first time, all over again…
Annoyed and frustrated too many times by the bureaucratic nightmare that music had become, the band split with former label 679 in late 2006. A silently busy year followed which saw the band writing and recording, and launching their own label Nul Records, solely to release music by The Futureheads. Free of major label shackles, the band are taking back control and relishing being their own bosses.
‘This Is Not The World’ was recorded in 3 weeks in the summer with super-producer Youth at his studio ‘Space Mountain’ in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Andalusia. About as far away atmospherically as you can get from the bleak Scarborough farm in which they recorded ‘News And Tributes’, the band couldn’t help but be influenced by Youth’s enthusiasm, and describe the album as one of ‘defiance, optimism and joy.’
Keen to share the joy with fans, the band released 2 tracks as free downloads and played intimate shows in London and Sunderland at the end of 2007. They begin 2008 with a tour of uni venues and kick off the year with storming new single ‘The Beginning Of The Twist’, released March 10th.
After playing countless hometown shows, the Futureheads took the show on the road with a massive helping hand from Slampt Records' Milky Wimpshake. A tour of Squats and Youth Centres in Central Europe came in summer 2001, due to which the band switched out drummers. In place of Peter Brewis ambled a young pretender, Mr David Hyde (Drums, Vocals).
Several singles followed - the first, Nul Book Standard, can now be seen casually hanging out on eBay from time to time. A relationship with the lovely people at Fantastic Plastic briefly followed. 'The Futureheads' was released in summer 2004, on 679 Recordings, and then the band hit the road. Some highlights of 2005 include playing Glastonbury Festival on Baz's birthday, Hounds Of Love going Top Ten, meeting Dennis Hopper on Jimmy Kimmel's US TV Show, and getting that most infamous of Albatrosses, The Second Album under their belts.
‘News and Tributes’ was released in May 2006. It reached 11 in the album chart, and saw the band touring the world and continuing to win fans and supporters with their exhilarating live shows.
Fast forward to 2008, and The Futureheads are back, bolder and better than ever, exploding back onto the scene with their new album ‘This Is Not The World’. Embracing the punk-rock ethic like never before, Barry, Ross, Jaff and Dave are releasing their third album independently and taking control of their own destiny. It’s going to feel like the first time, all over again…
Annoyed and frustrated too many times by the bureaucratic nightmare that music had become, the band split with former label 679 in late 2006. A silently busy year followed which saw the band writing and recording, and launching their own label Nul Records, solely to release music by The Futureheads. Free of major label shackles, the band are taking back control and relishing being their own bosses.
‘This Is Not The World’ was recorded in 3 weeks in the summer with super-producer Youth at his studio ‘Space Mountain’ in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Andalusia. About as far away atmospherically as you can get from the bleak Scarborough farm in which they recorded ‘News And Tributes’, the band couldn’t help but be influenced by Youth’s enthusiasm, and describe the album as one of ‘defiance, optimism and joy.’
Keen to share the joy with fans, the band released 2 tracks as free downloads and played intimate shows in London and Sunderland at the end of 2007. They begin 2008 with a tour of uni venues and kick off the year with storming new single ‘The Beginning Of The Twist’, released March 10th.
Hanging Johnny
The Futureheads Lyrics
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The Jolly Rogers Oh, they call me Hangin' Johnny Away, boys, away! They say…
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Futureheads:
- Sleet Look at that What a treat Like winter without any sleet …
- Work Is Never Done The city's getting bigger but everybody slowly moves away Y…
/ Hard To Bear She broke your heart yesterday It tore you apart when she…
/ Radio Heart I've been waiting by the radio for someone like you But…
/ Think Tonight You put the color in my eyes Every time I get…
04. Skip To The End If I could cheat I would skip to the end…
06. News And Tributes. Cut down in their prime In silence, on that day February 5…
07. Danger of the Water The beginning of the disaster was difficult to spot The spee…
08. Back to the Sea Did you stop to think, when we moved by the…
1-Le Garage Everything was ready, but he had to run away Shot for…
14_-_Hounds_Of_Love When I was a child, running in the night I was…
A Picture of Dorian Gray When I buy my mansion I'll invite the world to stay So…
A to B A to B A to B Oh, to move your It is a…
Across the Border No-one likes to feel stupid Stupid is a subjective thing Sub…
Alms You wasted it, you fell asleep It was not late, you…
Animus Tell me, can you get things done? Tell me, can you…
Area You have to stay in a hotel because your house…
AtoB A to B A to B Oh, to move your It is a…
Back To The Sea Did you stop to think, when we moved by the…
Beeswing I came to town and they called it the summer I…
Beginning Of The Twist It's time to wake up It's time to change Lets get it…
Boring The Children Too many normal people on the television These people are th…
Broke Up The Time If I hear one more person Talking about these days Saying …
Burnt When he called her name, they could go anywhere (Then he…
Cabaret Amnesty night the joke's on you About as much use as…
Carnival Kids I can't say what they're gonna do Got your cards marked An…
City I will go to another place, nowhere special just another…
Cope He's the center of attention, everywhere he goes Loud noises…
Danger of the Water The beginning of the disaster was difficult to spot The spee…
Dart at the Map We're leaving home this weekend on an aeroplane, We won't b…
Decent Day's And Nights This is a brand new problem, a problem without any…
Don't Look Now Sit down next to me Come talk about the atmosphere Plant the…
Electric Shock Metal in my hand It was the middle of winter When the…
Everything's Changing Today You say the same things every night to the same…
Face Into a featureless face, they carve a smile Time wasting sty…
Fallout If we have to fallout, we should fallout together 'cause we'…
Favours For Favours Many times we'd help each other out, favors for favors…
First Day Welcome to your new job Hope you have a wonderful first…
first day-ssr Welcome to your new job Hope you have a wonderful first…
Futureheads It's time to wake up It's time to change Lets get it…
Good Night Out Summertime's for everyone, you came here to enjoy Getting th…
Hard To Bear She broke your heart yesterday It tore you apart when she…
He Knows A girl from our city went missing from her home People…
Headcase There's madness in your eyes And you don't even know I think…
Heartbeat Song When we meet, I listen to your heartbeat I can hear…
Help Us Out Natural disaster brought us together In the name of science…
Hounds Of Love When I was a child Running in the night I was…
I Can Do That I've been waiting six months for a sign that this…
Idle Hands Lend me your ears Let me tell you a lie The needs…
Jupiter When your life fills you with despair, You have to believe…
Le Garage Everything was ready, but he had to run away Shot for…
Le Garage Everything was ready, but he had to run away Shot for…
Listen Little Man! Why did we all become so small? When did we all…
Man Ray It gives me Manray It's what we like It gives me Weston T…
Mean Time I wasn't laughing properly When you were talking to me I d…
Meantime I wasn't laughing properly When you were talking to me I did…
Meantime (A Capella Version) Understand you're my bright light You're stunning, you, you'…
Meet Me Halfway Ooooohooooh I can't go any further than this Ooooohooooh I w…
Mortals Today Today I learned Today I learned something But what I l…
News & Tributes Cut down in their prime In silence, on that day February 5…
Piece of Crap It was a piece of crap, piece of crap There was…
Radio Heart I've been waiting by the radio for someone like you But…
Return of the Berserker We lie because the truth is bad We are good, but…
Robot I am a robot, living like a robot Talk like a…
Robot (A Capella Version) I am a robot, living like a robot, talk like…
Sale Of The Century The nights are getting longer and the days are getting…
See What You Want I'm not in love with the plans you've made You know…
Skip To The End If I could cheat I would skip to the end…
Skip To The End If I could cheat I would skip to the end…
Sleet Look at that What a treat Like winter without any sleet It…
Stop the Noise Let's go on holiday, we can be Anyone we want, anyone…
Struck Dumb Misery Is a little line Or a little dash It's a subtracti…
Stupid & Shallow You eat shit 'cause you're stupid and shallow But I like…
Stupid And Shallow. You eat shit 'cause you're stupid and shallow But I like…
Sun Goes Down The sun goes down and the colours are replaced In the…
The Baron So here we are, queuing on the street The ground keeps…
The Beginning of the Twist It's time to wake up It's time to change Lets get it…
The Chaos 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Let's go! Get on your marks,…
The City Is Here for You to Use I will go to another place, nowhere special just another…
The Connector Triangles Straight lines Tiny circles on the circuit line…
The Futureheads It's time to wake up It's time to change Lets get it…
The Hounds of Love When I was a child Running in the night I was…
The Keeper Now, the keeper wore a hunting coat And under his arm,…
The Return Of The Berserker We lie because the truth is bad We are good, but…
Think Tonight You put the color in my eyes Every time I get…
This Is Not The World Too much noise this morning Like new buildings falling down…
This Is the Life This is the life, sit back and lap it up And…
Thursday Can anybody do The curse removal Is anyone here Feeling help…
Ticket He bought her a ticket but she wouldn't take it Back…
Trying Not to Think About Time One thing or another's always getting in the way Of this…
Walking Backwards Sometimes it feels like we are walking backwards up a…
We Cannot Lose A genius mine went to war and lost He won the…
What You Want I'm not in love with the plans you've made You know…
Work Is Never Done The city's getting bigger but everybody slowly moves away Yo…
Worry [Chorus] Worry about it later We couldn't resist the risk …
Worry About It Later [Chorus] Worry about it later We couldn't resist the risk Wo…
Worry About It Later (Switch remix) (CHORUS) Worry, about it later, We couldn't resist, the ris…
Worry Abut It Later [Chorus] Worry about it later We couldn't resist the risk …
Yes / No In some cases yes, most cases no My advice goes as…
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Aneokame
Omg.. I was looking up some sea chanties for a sing, and almost freaked when I saw this! Been listening to the Futureheads for years! Two loves combined.
Liam Bayles
Is this Whitley Bay or somewhere in South Shields? Had this on repeat at least 100 times. Love these guys. A gem of the North East pride. Newcastle and Sunderland should unite and not repel.
launderground
we love the futureheads.
Jesse Ferguson
Great performance and location!
Katie Bentley
I listened to the future heads in music
Hemmi Hedman
Make more
tamsin lee
Not deep enough for a start... but very good otherwise..
This a song about Jack Ketch.. famous in Devon and Cornwall.
When I was young 40years ago. We used to keep the pubs open with choir practice! lol
A shut in, towels over the pumps, drinking cider, that the rev men never saw. Amazing how many of the local cops were part of the choir.
If there was a problem, we would sit outside on the Foundry wall and sing. Led by Robert 'Boomer' Barron,,Dukie or just Bob..Going up Cambourne hilll, coming down...Tom pearce, Tom Pearce..Sort of rude rugby versions of songs...
Chong Morgans
<3 yes
John
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay