PRESS RELEASE

Formed initially as a one off for the label’s 10th birthday bash in April 2004, Githead quickly established a life and voice of its own. Its “all star” line up –comprised of Wire’s Colin Newman, Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) + Malka Spigel & Max Franken from Minimal Compact - may have led many to presume that its life would be short, indulgent & acrimonious. Far from it. Githead, from the outset has always been a band determined to carve out its own identity and to refine its vision through its work.

2004’s debut EP Headgit playfully set out Githead’s stall of pulsing, funky rhythms, dub bass-lines & deadpan vocals set against chiming guitars with a catchy chorus thrown in for good measure. 2005’s debut album Profile took the Githead sound into darker and broader sonic territory garnering a few “album of the year” accolades from those paying attention. Gigs through Europe established the band as a live entity pushing them further into the realisation that Githead is far greater than the sum of the parts. The next album HAD to be even better than the first!

Thus 3 years after it’s debut we have ART POP, Githead’s 3rd release and the band’s most fully realised work to date. From the single chord build up that serves as the intro to the album’s opener “On Your Own” (a pop classic for the disenchanted) through to the spaced-out delays that clang the final epic “Live In Your Head” * to it’s close, ART POP is a real voyage.

Lyrically much less opaque than its predecessors, ART POP brings an emotional depth and breadth which will surprise and dare we say even shock. Contrast the full-on distorted diatribe on urban existence of “Drive By” (a kind of “Parklife” on crack) with the acoustic emotional nakedness of “Lifeloops” or the joy of an Indian summer day captured in “Rotterdam” with the twin voices of darkness & light on “Darkest Star”.

With ART POP Githead wears its heart on its sleeve. It is more art and more pop, by turns, than either of its predecessors. Add to the previously mentioned “On Your Own”, the chiming indie pop of “These Days” (with its rich harmony laden chorus), the oh-so-knowing nagging post-pop of “All Set Up”, the loping, brooding-yet-catchy “Drop” and irresistible acid space funk that is “Space Life”, and you have a band that know full-well how to twist their art into shining pop magnificence. Yet through the speed-rush of “Drive By”, the strangeness of “Jet Ear Game” (whose vocal is a vocoded, audio rendering of Google translated reviews of Profile), the unsettling atmosphere of “Darkest Star” & the sheer audacity of “Live in Your Head” * (a song which in its seven minutes & forty two seconds tracks a totally unexpected path through its arrangement) Githead makes the listener aware that it’s pop is ever tempered by the fact that it is always art.

Githead is not the band you think it should be. ART POP is not the album anyone would expect it to make. You can ignore it if you like but Githead’s significance grows with each passing day. In 2004 Githead were a cult classic of the future. That future is now here.

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**SPECIAL OFFER**

To coincide with the release of ART POP those Githeads have printed up a special Art Git shirt. These black shirts, available with designs in ”classic” CMYK yellow and RGB red and “Matisse” orange & blue are available to purchase seperately or can be combined with the new album for a special price of £20 (plus p&p).

Just decide which colour and size you want, then simply click the relevant button.

The original Git-shirt is also available to purchase as part of this special combo deal.

FREE STUFF

PostEverything customers purchasing the CD will be able to take advantage of an exclusive free gift in the shape of the wittily titled Free Git-EP. The EP contains a special remix by B*ST*RD of a brand new track This Is A Cause (These Are Effects), and two live recordings from Githead’s recent appearance at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on the 14th March 2005.

Tracklisting

This Is A Cause (These Are Effects) —B*ST*RD remix
To Have And To Hold —Live at QEH 14.03.05
Antiphon —Live at QEH 14.03.05

**Only one copy per order. Customers ordering both Art Pop and Profile will receive a copy of 'My Pet Fish' by Malka Spigel.**