Intense dentist-drill synths and sharp, cyclical guitar patterns make out with perky motorik drums and probing bass to produce a prog/post-punk metronomic groove thing with plenty of intensity. They are reminiscent of Nought, Public Service Broadcasting or Plank! With some unhinged sparse, yelpy vocals; Krautrock reborn with balls.
Birdhead are Stephen Donkin and David Nicklen, a 2 piece juggernaut producing gargantuan a driving sound which transcends their sparse membership. Hot off the back of a triumphant T in the Park headlining slot on the T Break Stage, the band will soon disappear into the studio to complete the hotly anticipated follow up to the acclaimed debut album Pleasure Centre, which is expected in the spring of 2015.
Tipped by The Skinny, The Scotsman, Podcart and wow247 as a must see band at this year’s T in the Park, Birdhead live is a box which must be ticked. The experience is perhaps best summed up by one happy clapper who was interviewed leaving the T Break tent following a blistering set from “The Heid”….. “There’s seagulls and craws in the sky, but they’re no f**king Birdhead.” Who can argue with that? Not to be missed.
‘Birdhead have cult success written all over them’ (The Scotsman)
‘Our kind of mental’ (The Skinny)
‘Last year’s LP Pleasure Centre was a masterclass of danceable grooves and good old moshing’ (wow247)
‘Entrancing’ (Ravechild)
