{"id":25466,"date":"2024-10-24T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=25466"},"modified":"2024-10-23T11:17:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T11:17:07","slug":"thee-headsrinkers-are-head-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=25466","title":{"rendered":"THEE HEADSRINKERS are &#8216;Head Cheese&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>THEE HEADSRINKERS DEBUT ALBUM \u2018HEAD CHEESE\u2019 TO BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 29<sup>TH<\/sup> VIA PROPERTY OF THE LOST RECORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>PRE-ORDER <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theeheadshrinkers.bandcamp.com\/album\/head-cheese\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thee-Headshrinkers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thee-Headshrinkers-284x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thee-Headshrinkers-284x300.png 284w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thee-Headshrinkers-971x1024.png 971w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thee-Headshrinkers-768x810.png 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thee-Headshrinkers-1140x1203.png 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thee-Headshrinkers.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>If there was ever an ad for joinmyband.com, this story is it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rob (stocking) and Gino (balaclava) found each other there and started practising as a duo in a mate\u2019s garage sandwiched between rusty bicycles and an old MG. They wanted to sound like The Jesus &amp; Mary Chain. It didn\u2019t quite work out that way. Planning for his imminent move to Hastings not to be a lonely one Stiv (doll&#8217;s head) also found the couple, who by this time thought a human drummer would be a nice addition, through the aforementioned musician matchmaking site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The road they travel is littered with youthful memories of all bands across the world and through the ages. Being in a band is THE adventure, a gang of misfits you want to be part of. Practice rooms being raided by armed police because there was a starter pistol modification factory next door and being coined off stage after an ill-judged booking, just a couple of whimsical recollections. Rob, primarily a lover of Northern Soul and reggae, spent his youth playing in mod and ska bands and spent one summer travelling across Europe in an ambulance playing squats and community centres with crust punks Rites Of Man. It was never the plan for him to be chief lyricist and singer, he just did it until \u201cthey found someone better\u201d but with subject matters from driving your motorbike at night and switching off the lights to not letting go of past beefs and resentments, it\u2019s going be a long wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thee Headshrinkers - Sunday Driver\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1tjcMhg-zUs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked for band inspiration. The answer is immediate. The Eighties Match Box B-Line Disaster, The Fall and the Sex Pistols. And ambition? \u201cTo play the 100 Club.\u201d Can\u2019t say fairer than that. They have all the raw power too. Songs driven by the bass line, with no middle eight, making repetition an art form. Vocals spit and sneer but touch on the pop sensibilities of The Mary Chain that Rob &amp; Gino first wished to emulate. Gino\u2019s turns his Vox Phantom into a full fuzz incendiary device, all held together by Stiv\u2019s fast and loose garage beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From playing 20 capacity basement gigs, 2024 has seen the masked crusaders star rising with promoters and venues across the country asking for their attendance. This debut album does what every debut should. A sum up of the band right here, right now. Recorded in three days at Ranscombe studios in Rochester with Jim Riley at the helm. Home to the \u201cmedway sound\u201d boasting a back catalogue of The Prisoners, The Dentists and of course Billy Childish. Twelve tracks delivered, most not reaching the three-minute frontier of abrasive garage energy.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thee-Headshrinkers-Head-Cheese-cover-art.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thee-Headshrinkers-Head-Cheese-cover-art-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thee-Headshrinkers-Head-Cheese-cover-art-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thee-Headshrinkers-Head-Cheese-cover-art-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Thee-Headshrinkers-Head-Cheese-cover-art.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Today the music world gets to sample its first taste of the albums bitter sweet charms in new single \u2018Sunday Driver\u2019 which is \u2018about a man who only feels alive behind the wheel of his killing machine,\u2019 and storms along like Mark E Smith if he was staring in 1970s car gore fest \u2018Death Race 2000\u2019. It\u2019s raw, frantic and oozing petrol guzzling charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thee Headshrinkers will be roaring into your town, and then your life, very soon. And if you don\u2019t like it well then that\u2019s just head cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Catch Thee Headshrinkers live at the following dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SAT 19th Oct &#8211; Dust, Brighton, with THE SURFRAJETTES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sat 26th Oct &#8211; Elmo\u2019s, Bristol<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sat 9th Nov &#8211; The Pig, Hastings (POTL \/ GYO all dayer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sat 16th Nov &#8211; Chaplins Cellar Bar, Bournemouth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sat 30th Nov &#8211; Tough Love instore, St Lenoards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sun 1st Dec &#8211; Smugglers instore, Deal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sat 14th Dec &#8211; The Anchor, Wingham (Garage \/ Psychobilly all dayer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Find Thee Headshrinkers online at:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/squeezemyhead\/\">FACEBOOK \/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theeheadshrinkers.bandcamp.com\/\">BANDCAMP<\/a> \/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theeheadshrinkers\/\">INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THEE HEADSRINKERS DEBUT ALBUM \u2018HEAD CHEESE\u2019 TO BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 29TH VIA PROPERTY OF THE LOST RECORDS PRE-ORDER HERE: If there was ever an ad for joinmyband.com, this story is it. 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