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Head Wound City reveal video for ‘Born To Burn’

Ben Tipple — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:28:00 +0000

Head Wound City released the incredibly frantic ‘A New Wave Of Violence’ earlier in the year. The “supergroup”, featuring members of Blood Brothers, The Locust and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, have now unveiled the suitably destructive video for ‘Born To Burn’.

Check out what we made of ‘A New Wave Of Violence’ in our review.

Head Wound City – ‘A New Wave Of Violence’

Ben Tipple — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:45:14 +0000

When your ranks include former members of The Blood Brothers, The Locust and indie-experimenters Yeah Yeah Yeahs, playing it safe is far from the agenda. Over ten years since their first batch of material, the eventual debut full-length by Californian five-piece Head Wound City, ‘A New Wave Of Violence’, is as beautifully erratic as their pedigree dictates.

Spiralling around the exceptional lead single ‘Scraper’ – undoubtedly a contender for track of the year – the record presents an unrelenting barrage of noise. ‘Palace of Love and Hate’ spits with barbaric anger, ‘Head Wound City, USA’ delivers a screeching kick in the teeth and ‘Closed Casket’ packs a rock and roll infused punch in the gut.

Yet for all its unapologetic ferocity, the likes of ‘I Cast a Shadow for You’, ‘Avalanche in Heaven’ and album closer ‘Love is Best’ offer the record unsettling rest bites. Where the brutal speed drops the experimental moments break through, tinged with dark and nightmarish tones. All the while ‘A New Wave Of Violence’ lives up to its name, triggering a new dawn of phenomenal ruthless disorder.

BEN TIPPLE

Head Wound City streaming ‘A New Wave of Violence’ in full

Ben Tipple — Thu, 12 May 2016 14:18:17 +0000

Head Wound City are streaming their ‘A New Wave Of Violence’ LP in full ahead of release over at Pitchfork. Featuring members of Blood Brothers and The Locust, as well as Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, Head Wound City last released material in 2005 as part of their self-titled EP. Arriving over ten years later, ‘A New Wave Of Violence’ acts as their debut LP.

The record has been preceded by ‘Scraper’ and ‘Born To Burn’, as well as a cover of Ministry’s ‘Just One Fix‘.

Head over to Pitchfork to stream the record in full ahead of its release tomorrow.

Head Wound City cover Ministry’s ‘Just One Fix’

Ben Tipple — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 22:15:56 +0000

Opting to release a cassette on Record Store Day instead of the expected vinyl format, punk supergroup Head Wound City are streaming their cover of ‘Just One Fix’, originally by industrial stalwarts Ministry. It’s slightly removed from the hardcore punk the band offer on recent tracks ‘Scraper‘ and ‘Born To Burn‘, but easily stamps their defining ferocity on the track. Their proper full-length record, ‘A New Wave of Violence’, will be available from the 13th May via Vice Records.

Head Wound City stream new track, ‘Born To Burn’

Ben Tipple — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 09:55:12 +0000

Last month Head Wound City returned with the ferocious ‘Scraper’, a short burst of obnoxious punk full of brash, urgent screams and dirty riffs.

They have now unveiled their follow-up, ‘Born To Burn’, proving that the brilliance of the lead track is not an isolated incident. Coming in at under two minutes, it’s another slice of blink-and-your-miss-it punk perfection ready to be played at full volume.

Both ‘Scraper’ and ‘Born To Burn’ will appear on the band’s forthcoming ‘A New Wave of Violence’ LP, due on the 13th May on VICE Records. It is available to pre-order now.

Head Wound City reveal video for ‘Scraper’

Ben Tipple — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:42:28 +0000

Having exploded into our POV section with the brilliantly visceral ‘Scraper’, Californian five-piece Head Wound City have unveiled the unsettling official video. Depicting a blooming body (check it out to see what we mean here), the clip was directed by Eva Michon.

Featuring members of The Blood Brothers and seminal grindcore outfit The Locust, Head Wound City will release their ‘A New Wave of Violence’ LP on the 13th May 2016.

Pre-order ‘A New Wave Of Violence’

Head Wound City are scraping from the inside out

Ben Tipple — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:59:52 +0000

If you, like me, have felt a void since Seattle’s The Blood Brothers disbanded back in 2007, Head Wound City might go some way to fix that hole. And not just fix it. They will pack it full of brash, urgent screams and dirty riffs, packing enough force to give you a head wound all your own.

‘Scraper’, their first track since their 2005 self-titled EP, is explosive. Exactly the type of noise you’d expect when members of The Blood Brothers and seminal grindcore outfit The Locust get together. “I’m scraping from the inside out,” Jordan Blilie spits. It certainly sounds that way.