Written by Henry Chappell

False Heads are a three-piece punk band packing a punch in the music scene at the moment, gaining very high praise from people in very places, Josh Homme, The Libertines and Iggy Pop to name a few. After a long string of singles and EPs, noticeably their most recent single, Rabbit Hole, featured on Jack Saunders’ New Wave Show, creating much anticipation for their debut album It’s All There But You’re Dreaming.

Heavy guitar riffs dominate this album. The third track, Ink, exploits the use of a dark riff when opening a song, and maximises this to the limit, throwing the listener into an interesting point of the record. This song gives us our first delve into “proper” punk vocals, that work effectively with the lyrical content and the sound that False Heads are putting out with this track. The verse stands out on this one, with a drum groove that shows the musicality of Nash, and the captivating way in which he keeps time. This is a well-judged, dark, visceral track that creates a sense of real excitement for this band. These heavy bass riffs are also used on tracks such as Slew, Slease and Rabbit Hole to much high effect.

The idea of a stand out verse, that eclipses the rest of the song, features a lot on this record. Whether this was intentional or not, I cannot say, yet it feels as if the verse was the starting point for each track, and the chorus came later. The chorus on most of the songs felt forced in for change within the track, with no real idea of what the intent of the chorus was to do. As the album progressed, these choruses did feel slightly repetitive and as if I could not tell each song apart.