The slinky cool fuzz bass lines, smashed drum beats, and magic synth sauce of "Wave of Sound" by Heads or Heads, the recording project of Kansas City-based musician and filmmaker Alex Harbolt, as a truly 'heady' framework for Harbolt's dreamy vocal countenance feels like a lot of things all at once. Indie rock, dream pop, bass n drums, nu-psychedelic pop, synth pop and (to me) has one tapping foot into fantasy rock and I thought of early MGMT and Empire of the Sun primarily but also feel a sort of artistic connection to 90's / early aughts other psychedelic iterations or hypnogogic pop ala Spacemen 3 and early Ariel Pink.
Anyway, comparisons aside, I am loving the unconventional lyrical constructions and how "Wave of Sound" makes me feel, it has a certain melancholy vibe that (maybe) pokes at the new age-esque side of things like going with some organic flow to find, well, something bigger than ourselves. I don't know. What do you feel?
LINER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):
(About Heads or Heads)
[The project first surfaced in 2018 with the debut LP Am Enigma, which gained a steady, organic following led by the single "Jester," which has earned nearly half a million streams on Spotify. This was followed by the California-influenced sophomore album Low Angles in 2020.
After taking a hiatus, "Wave of Sound" is the first new music from the project in over six years. It leans into a "psychedelic flavored" pop sound, moving from hazy, dream-like atmospheres into a more driving, bright alternative rock energy.]
[The project first surfaced in 2018 with the debut LP Am Enigma, which gained a steady, organic following led by the single "Jester," which has earned nearly half a million streams on Spotify. This was followed by the California-influenced sophomore album Low Angles in 2020.
After taking a hiatus, "Wave of Sound" is the first new music from the project in over six years. It leans into a "psychedelic flavored" pop sound, moving from hazy, dream-like atmospheres into a more driving, bright alternative rock energy.]
LYRICS
Take a ride on a wave of sound
Come and swim, or you'll start to drown
Feel the rhythm, let it flow
Move to the music, let the good times grow
Feels like it's been years
(Waiting for you)
Back again with the tears
(It's just for you)
They're all for you
It's everlasting
And neverending
Can't last forever
Can't have everything that you want
No you can't, I'm sad to say
Can't have everything that you want
No you can't, I'm sad to say
Is that everything there that you want?
What's the truth to you I say
Can't have everything that you want
No matter how hard you try, try, try
Can't have everything that you want
No you can't, I'm sad to say
Can't have everything that you want
No you can't, I'm sad to say
Is that everything there that you want?
What's the truth to you I say
Can't have everything that you want
No matter how hard you try, try, try
-Robb Donker Curtius
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
https://soundcloud.com/heads-or-heads
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKZP6zCClqijH1QIiscnnA
https://headsorheads.bandcamp.com/track/wave-of-sound
https://www.instagram.com/headsorheads/
https://www.facebook.com/headsorheads
Heads or Heads is the recording project of Kansas City-based musician and filmmaker Alex Harbolt.
The project first surfaced in 2018 with the debut LP Am Enigma, which gained a steady, organic following led by the single "Jester," which has earned nearly half a million streams on Spotify. This was followed by the California-influenced sophomore album Low Angles in 2020.
After taking a hiatus, "Wave of Sound" is the first new music from the project in over six years. It leans into a "psychedelic flavored" pop sound, moving from hazy, dream-like atmospheres into a more driving, bright alternative rock energy.
Come and swim, or you'll start to drown
Feel the rhythm, let it flow
Move to the music, let the good times grow
Feels like it's been years
(Waiting for you)
Back again with the tears
(It's just for you)
They're all for you
It's everlasting
And neverending
Can't last forever
Can't have everything that you want
No you can't, I'm sad to say
Can't have everything that you want
No you can't, I'm sad to say
Is that everything there that you want?
What's the truth to you I say
Can't have everything that you want
No matter how hard you try, try, try
Can't have everything that you want
No you can't, I'm sad to say
Can't have everything that you want
No you can't, I'm sad to say
Is that everything there that you want?
What's the truth to you I say
Can't have everything that you want
No matter how hard you try, try, try
-Robb Donker Curtius
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://soundcloud.com/heads-or-heads
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKZP6zCClqijH1QIiscnnA
https://headsorheads.bandcamp.com/track/wave-of-sound
https://www.instagram.com/headsorheads/
https://www.facebook.com/headsorheads
Heads or Heads is the recording project of Kansas City-based musician and filmmaker Alex Harbolt.
The project first surfaced in 2018 with the debut LP Am Enigma, which gained a steady, organic following led by the single "Jester," which has earned nearly half a million streams on Spotify. This was followed by the California-influenced sophomore album Low Angles in 2020.
After taking a hiatus, "Wave of Sound" is the first new music from the project in over six years. It leans into a "psychedelic flavored" pop sound, moving from hazy, dream-like atmospheres into a more driving, bright alternative rock energy.
Heads or Heads, indie rock, indie pop, alt pop, dream pop, psychedelic pop, post punk, tropical punk, alt rock, Kansas City, musician / filmmaker Alex Harbolt, "Wave of Sound" (Official Video), retro synths, deep grooves,
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