{"id":941,"date":"2010-08-16T10:03:05","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T17:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=941"},"modified":"2010-08-16T10:03:05","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T17:03:05","slug":"the-futureheads-the-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/the-futureheads-the-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"THE FUTUREHEADS + The Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/The-Chaos-April-Uprising-M-Review-June2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-942\" title=\"The-Chaos-April-Uprising-M-Review-June2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/The-Chaos-April-Uprising-M-Review-June2010.jpg\" alt=\"The Chaos\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/The-Chaos-April-Uprising-M-Review-June2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/The-Chaos-April-Uprising-M-Review-June2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>T<\/strong><strong>HE FUTUREHEADS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Chaos<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Dovecote Records]<\/p>\n<p>By combining echoes of punk, new wave and alt-rock, the Futureheads have established themselves as chief players in the U.K.\u2019s modern pop pantheon, drawing comparisons to Keane, Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party. Those familiar with the angular, intense sound associated with those bands will find an easy connection here, although the Futureheads focus primarily on upping the energy level. Theirs is a jumpy, hyper-kinetic brew, all hiccup-y vocals, frenetic pacing and a brash, agitated outlook. In maintaining that formula, there\u2019s little room for variation. Songs like \u201cThis Is the Life,\u201d \u201cThe Baron,\u201d \u201cStruck Dumb\u201d and the title track keep to that insistent pulse, and the rest of the album mostly follows suit. Still, a little goes a long way\u2014especially when any one track is pretty much interchangeable with any other.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013LZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE FUTUREHEADS The Chaos [Dovecote Records] By combining echoes of punk, new wave and alt-rock, the Futureheads have established themselves as chief players in the U.K.\u2019s modern pop pantheon, drawing comparisons to Keane, Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party. Those familiar with the angular, intense sound associated with those bands will find an easy connection here, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,546,80,545,544],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":943,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions\/943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}