Githead

Profile Githead Japan Import edition

Japanese pressing! The appearance of Githead and the release of their debut EP Headgit in 2004 surprised many, not only with the unlikely front line of Wire’s Colin Newman (Gtr., Vox), Minimal Compact’s Malka Spigel (Bass, Vox) & Scanner’s Robin Rimbaud (Gtr.) but also with the cyclic, hypnotic funkiness not to mention the avant-pop sensibility the outfit produces. ''Unusually accessible, even funky''...wrote Andy Gill in the Independent. ''When they're good, they're astonishingly good, both angular & polished'' wrote James Snodgrass in the NME ''Cult classic of tomorrow'' wrote Q Magazine Newman's on-the-side vitality hasn't dimmed a bit wrote Joe Tangari in Pitchfork Media. Their debut album Profile takes the story and sound-scape of Githead wider & deeper. With the addition of Max Franken (also of Minimal Compact) on drums the band has become a small mobile unit capable of delivering - emotional power, as on the opener 'Alpha' and the epic 'Raining Down'. Swim. 2005.