The Futureheads - Powers (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Time - 43:20 minutes | 538 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover
Of all the dance-punk acts of the mid-'00s, it seemed as if the Futureheads ended up being the ones who just couldn't move forward; eight years after their celebrated self-titled 2004 debut, the quartet shook things up with their a cappella experiment, Rant, then disbanded. With Powers, though, the band break their seven years of silence with a set of tracks that show the Sunderland, England quartet sounding relaxed, rejuvenated and free of expectation. Opening track "Jekyll" sets the mood, letting loose with a raucous opening guitar riff that co-vocalist Barry Hyde matches with his buzzsaw energy.