The Heads – Everybody Knows We Got Nowhere

1. Legavaan Satellite
2. Thumbs
3. Fuego
4. Kraut Byrds
5. Could Be…
6. # ’75
7. Wobble
8. Barcoded
9. Song No 1
10. My My
11. Stab Railroad
12. Chrome Plated
13. Motorjam
14. Dirty Water
15. Pill Jam
16. Long Gone
“A number of years ago, joined heavy-psych masters Nebula on tour up and down the West Coast of the United States ‘ a tour that had to lie, cheat, and steal their way across the pond to make happen. After all, stood on the cusp of releasing their second album, titled, in what would ultimately prove to be one of life’s little ironies, “”, and couldn’t pass up a chance to tour with Nebula. Fast forward almost fifteen years and have out-lived Nebula, and have re-released said album, accompanied by a second disc filled with extras. Let me tell you, its one hell of a ride!”
“It’s clear from every track on the first disc, which carries almost 80 minutes of music, have done their best to mess with your mind. With songs like “Legavaan Satellite” and “Dirty Water”, play around with noises that come from deep inside the recesses of a psyche that has fallen down the rabbit hole. “My My”, though still very noisy, is set apart by the way it uses its noisiness to hypnotize the listener. This song flows seamlessly into “Stab Railroad”, which continues to build on the hypnotic aspects of the album but is manic in it’s delivery, kind of like someone yelling at the top of their lungs for you to calm down.”
“The band makes attempts at songs in the traditional sense of the word as well and do so with swagger. The likes of “Thumbs” and “Fuego” borrow heavily from the Motor City scene, but have left them feeling unfinished, like coming down from a high that you haven’t yet fully explored. So take another hit with “Could Be”, a song that might have been made during the Desert Sessions in cooperation with Nick Oliveri. Then there are the gentler songs like “Barcoded” that are fun little bounces that prevent you from spacing too far out.”
“Between the noise and powerhouse rock songs, are also able to show off a little bit of their quiet, reasonable side with jazzy interludes. These may be few and far between but they are well placed and provide the listener with that needed breath of fresh air before diving into something like the double closer mindfuck of “Pill Jam” and “Long Gone”.”
“Disc two is filled with extras that may only speak to the collectors among us. There is a John Peel session on there as well as something they did with Mark Radcliffe. The second half is filled with some original recordings that did while with Man’s Ruin. Though this disc is best characterized as formless and lacks the feel of being an album, there is definitely some tasty stuff on here, the Man’s Ruin recordings in particular.”
“In short, “” is full of twists that will turn your head inside out and turns that will make you twist in your sleep. It’s outrageous like a freak show on acid, dirty like a barroom floor, but most of all its gnarly. It sounds like surf rock that has been made by someone freaking out in a basement during a power outage. It’s no wonder they were asked to come out to California with Nebula and it’s no wonder that ‘ influence can be heard in the bands that rose from Nebula’s ashes. cover so much ground that there’s no one way to describe this beast.”
The Sludgelord, Victor van Ommen
2LP album
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