Finally Blenderhead has a new album out. Figureheads On The Forefront Of Popculture contains twelve punkpop songs with the fragile yelling sound of Bill Power. The music is not that high-energy, full speed ahead type-of punk you can hear from so many other bands. What you rather hear is indie punk rock with nice sound textures like in the song Versatile Solutions For Modern Living. There's some high speed material (Fort Lewis Gun Club Youth Day) though this is not prominent on this disc. Figureheads On The Forefront Of Popculture was produced by Kip Beelman and the band. Result is a good product sound-wise. I start liking it.
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HM Magazine #87Reviewed by The Kern County KidBill Powers is back behind the microphone, but he's pulling in the reins and not letting everything go. The restraint pays off, as a pop effervescence is exuded -- strong enough to bring pop punk and emo fans into a room together to be friends. "I Hate Your Whining!" meets "Stop Bouncing All Over the Place!" And there's peace. The instrumentation has groovy tones, mixing rawness and jamming with…Decapolis 2001Reviewed by Brett MiottiFigureheads On The Forefront Of Pop Culture combines elements of Blenderhead's previous releases, yet has its own identity in many ways. The guitar tones are more ear pleasing on this record and accomplish some interesting interplay between them. The first track, "I Gave Her My Heart She Gave Me A Pen," kicks off the disc with Bill Power reflecting on failed relationship. The song seems to keep…The Phantom Tollbooth 2000Reviewed by Michial FarmerBlenderhead is a remnant from the so-called "glory days" of Tooth & Nail Records--those pre-Swing Praise years when you could count on any album released by the label to be of high quality. Without turning this review into a wistful nostalgia piece, I will say that those days are long gone. Fortunately for tasteful listeners everywhere, T&N still releases a lot of great records, and the new…Similar sounding releases
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