mercredi 10 février 2021

Headlice

 

picture by Finlay
 
 
Headlice is a very new band from Brisbane, Australia, that you're going to hear about more and more I'm sure!
They're friends with The Chats, they've just released a 7" on Bargain Bin Records (a sunshine coast label releasing, among others, The Chat's records), they are not without humour and well... that's roughly all I know! 


beautiful and disgusting art by Russell Taysom

Headlice play fast, simple, super energetic and straightforward punk with synth (more accurate in this case than synth-punk in my humble opinion) which I'm sure will delight both young and old lovers of thrills and itchy hair.
 The lyrics are fun and silly, they're young and full of energy, it all sounds like a party!
Think Ausmuteants on speed / Alien Nosejob on weed!
And yes... it's super good! 
  
  Headlice is one of these bands which take the Rock'n Roll game from the fun side, focusing on high energy live shows made of catchy sing-along chorus (H.E.A.D.L.I.C.E!!), a no-fucks-given attitude and (sometimes) costumed performances.
In the vein of The Spits (heir of a degenerate union between The Toy Dolls and the Ramones), or the recent Bipolar, this is all silliness and fun which only goal is to turn every concert place into a giant regressive rock'n roll party; putting musical "complexity" (whatever it could mean for a punk band) to one side and giving priority to explosive waves of energy.
These bands are usually brilliant stage performers (at least when stages were used for something else than storing dust) and from what I read here and there and fell in their tracks... there is no doubt Headlice is too! 
So let's pray and get drunk (or the other way for that matters) to see them on an European stage in the not-too-far future!  
 
  In a way it reminds me of The Rip-Offs (probably because of the masks/nylon) when they toured Europe after their 2007 reunion (even if I was disappointed with the show and still think their music is boring to be totally honest).

In a nutshell this EP is pure, highly enjoyable, silly punk rock at its best!
It's called Vol.1 so expect more very soon!

picture by Chloe Millroy
 
 
 
You can listen to Headlice on Rien à Faire #19.
 
 
 
 
 
  

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