''Headphones'' is the self-titled debut album by
Headphones
Headphones are a pair of small loudspeaker drivers worn on or around the head over a user's ears. They are electroacoustic transducers, which convert an electrical signal to a corresponding sound. Headphones let a single user listen to an au ...
. The album features
David Bazan
David Bazan (; born January 22, 1976) is an American indie rock singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona who now resides in Seattle, Washington. Bazan is the lead singer and creative force behind the band Pedro the Lion and was the lead singer o ...
on keyboards, and
Frank Lenz
Frank Lenz (born 18 June 1967 in San Leandro, California) is a drummer from Southern California who has done work for many bands and artists, including Richard Swift, The Weepies, Everest, Pedro The Lion, Starflyer 59, Lassie Foundation, Duralu ...
(of
Starflyer 59
Starflyer 59 is an American alternative rock band from Riverside, California that was founded in 1993 by Jason Martin, brother of Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric. While Jason Martin has written nearly all of Starflyer 59's songs, the band has ...
) on drums.
Tim Walsh (formerly of
Pedro the Lion
Pedro the Lion is an American indie rock band from Seattle, Washington, United States. David Bazan formed the band in 1995 and represented its main creative force, backed by a varying rotation of collaborating musicians. In 2006 Pedro the Lion wa ...
) also contributed to the recording, albeit sparsely, as Bazan attested in November 2006:
. . .Tim and I discussed the possibility of delegating the drums and recording to Lenz and Hankins so we could focus on the music and the "vibe" and all that. Not realizing that we were delegating Tim right off the record, because he then wouldn't have any concrete responsibilities. And he had a tough time feeling like he was needed during the making of the record, and I was overloaded trying to finish writing while tracking my parts so Lenz would have something to drum to.
''Headphones'' was engineered and mixed by Jared Hankins in Seattle in early 2005.
Track listing
# "Gas and Matches" – 3:23
# "Shit Talker" – 3:23
# "Hot Girls" – 3:44
# "I Never Wanted You" – 4:17
# "Major Cities" – 2:19
# "Natural Disaster" – 3:46
# "Hello Operator" – 2:54
# "Pink and Brown" – 3:24
# "Wise Blood" – 3:40
# "Slow Car Crash" – 2:57
*
iTunes
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bonus track:
#
"The Five Chord" – 3:21
Notes and references
External links
Official Headphones websiteSuicideSqueeze.net
Suicide Squeeze Records albums
Headphones (band) albums
2005 debut albums
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