''The Chaos'' is the fourth album by
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post-punk revival
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The Futureheads
The Futureheads are an English post-punk band from Sunderland, formed in 2000. The band consists of Ross Millard (vocals and guitar), David "Jaff" Craig (vocals and bass guitar) and brothers Barry Hyde (vocals and guitar) and Dave Hyde (drums). ...
. It was released on 26 April 2010. The album is the band's second on their label
Nul Records
Nul Records is an independent record label set up by the post-punk revival band The Futureheads. The label is run by the four members of the Futureheads: Ross Millard, Dave Hyde, Barry Hyde, David "Jaff" Craig, as well as their two managers.
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, and was preceded by a download-only single, 'Struck Dumb',
on 2 December 2009.
Style
The track "Struck Dumb", an example of the band's "classic angular guitar-rock",
has been described as "a blast of pop-punk energy".
As Phil Mongredien of
Q magazine put it, though, in ''The Chaos'', as in ''
This Is Not the World
''This Is Not The World'' is an album by post-punk revivalists The Futureheads. It was released on 26 May 2008, '', the emphasis is "on the big radio-friendly choruses, four-part choruses given a euphoric dimensions to their punk-influenced sound, with less of the earlier complex angularity".
Track listing
#"The Chaos" – 4:09
#"Struck Dumb" – 2:50
#"
Heartbeat Song" – 2:29
#"Stop the Noise" – 2:31
#"The Connector" – 2:56
#"I Can Do That" – 3:42
#"Sun Goes Down" – 3:52
#"This Is the Life" – 2:55
#"The Baron" – 3:11
#"Dart at the Map" – 4:04
#"Jupiter" – 6:23
HMV exclusive bonus tracks
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"Bricks & Stones"
#"Local Man of the World"
On both the normal version and the HMV version, there is a hidden track, "Living On Light", placed after the end of the final track on each release.
Charts
References
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The Futureheads albums
2010 albums
Nul Records albums