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Long gone are the days when record labels would bow to their artistes’ every whim. At a time when, more than ever, music=sales=money, artistic egos are worth zilch, and concept albums are worth even less. So who on earth agreed to let The Futureheads release an a cappella album? An idea that sprang from a Radio 1 Live Lounge session, which saw them attempt, with schoolboy clever dick humour, an instrument-free version of Kelis‘s Acapella, was somehow allowed to flourish into an entire album. A silly, novelty album that no one’s going to listen to, right? Not quite. Those who are gunning to dismiss Rant as a novelty record will, at first glance, have plenty of ammunition: the covers, the boring re-workings of their own songs, and the fact that at times it sounds part barbershop quartet and part football crowd. But it’s far from self-indulgent: their song choices and clever arrangements make Rant a real, if unexpected, delight.

ARTIST: The Futurheads
TITLE: Rant
LABEL: Nul
RELEASE DATE: April 2, 2012
TIME: 34:04 min.
WEB: http://www.thefutureheads.co.uk/

01. Meantime [03:17]
02. Meet Me Halfway [03:05]
03. Robot [02:01]
04. Beeswing [04:16]
05. Thursday [04:11]
06. Summer Is Icumen In [01:52]
07. The Keeper [01:40]
08. The No.1 Song in Heaven [04:26]
09. The Old Dun Cow [02:53]
10. Acapella [02:28]
11. Man Ray [04:02]

The Futurheads – Meet Me Halfway

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