Biography taken from http://www.unsigned.com/oddshapedhead;
"Leapfrogging conventional rock sounds and hop-scotching conformity, these unassuming young gentlemen yell Up your pigeon-hole! to an industry obsessed with format and repeated musical templates.
In the humble surroundings of a quaint English seaside village, four of the four members of odd shaped head reside in chaotic harmony:
Paul (Bass/Vocals),
Ricky (Guitar/ Vocals),
Rob (Drums) and
Andrew (Guitar);
From childhood chums to grown up geeky misfits.
The quirky quartet take a plunge with their new single and video ~ the multi coloured ket song ~ due to feature on MTV and stamp their un-erasable mark on 2006. I want a red oneyou can have an orange one well you cant always get what you want! is the Odd shApEd mantra chanted as a dull grey world is assaulted with splatters of bold bright colour.
Their eclectic brand of energetic, rhythmic, funk-punk; jerky bass popping, powerful scatterbrained drumming and stabbing guitars bursting into vibrant melodies draws more fans along to venues already packed with a collage of characters.
Quintessentially British - just like The Beatles are rock, but aren't, Odd Shaped Head are punk, but aren't every half-baked crap band in the world could learn something from these guys this single will be their road to fame. Excellent!! Lowcut Magazine, Denmark 06"
From what limited information there is, I am fairly sure the band formed in 2004 and the last gig I found them play was a festival in 2008, releasing an 11 track album and a few singles.
The band utilise overarching melodies whilst traversing many musical genres, Indie, Pop, Rock and Punk to name a few, usually in the same song. The band are often compared to fellow North-Eastern outfit The Futureheads.
Their debut (and only) album "I Wonder How This Endevour Will End?" was critically well recieved but sold poorly, gaining a cult status in the North East.
Same as I said to Jack: Some interesting information about your chosen band here. I wonder if you could encapsulate this biography into a moodboard/collage? This might help with ideas for the production.
ReplyDeleteGood examples of amplification, disjuncture, illustration and intertexuality. Links to videos please!
Same with the landmark videos which have been very well justified!
Again as I have said to Jack regarding your Cure analysis: I think we need some stills in here! This will help to bulk out this post, as it's a bit on the short side at the moment,
e.g.
Why this band? Why this song? Why is it set in a wardrobe? How does the lighting create mood?
Bit too much feature spotting and not enough analysis!
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Righto, the links have been added and I'm doing The Cure stills now. We'll make a moodboard in the next lesson or two.
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