{"id":31286,"date":"2017-11-09T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T13:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=31286"},"modified":"2017-11-09T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T13:50:11","slug":"head-noise-special-effects-improves-the-defects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/11\/head-noise-special-effects-improves-the-defects\/","title":{"rendered":"Head Noise &#8211; &#8216;Special Effects Improves The Defects&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31287\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/11\/head-noise-special-effects-improves-the-defects\/head-noise-promo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Head-Noise-Promo.jpg?fit=4288%2C2848&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4288,2848\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Head Noise-Promo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Head-Noise-Promo.jpg?fit=640%2C425&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31287\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Head-Noise-Promo.jpg?resize=640%2C425&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Three piece electro art-punk outfit Head Noise hail from the Aberdare\/Cardiff region in Wales. Their mini album, &#8216;Special Effects Improves The Defects&#8217; is out now and is reminscent of The Human League, Sparks, Thomas Dolby, and Erasure.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Head Noise are anything but noise. Their sound takes this reviewer back to her teens where for a short while electro music reigned supreme, and the artists who specialised in the style were actual geniuses. Head Noise take me back to the 70s and 80s with their keytar, drum machine, and other unusual instruments. Claiming to make &#8220;Awkward Pop for a jilted generation&#8221;, they&#8217;ve supported Wolf Alice last August, and prior to this mini album, which came out last month, they have released two self-funded EPs.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s pretty clear from the outset what their influences are: ranging from Devo, The Human League, Sparks and Beck, they combine electro pop sounds with fun and catchy lyrics. The mini-album contains 6 songs, with our favourite (and it was a hard choice) being the very up-tempo &#8216;The Man With The Rubber Head&#8217;, which reminded us most of Devo. <b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Special Effects Improves The Defects&#8217; is available as a <a href=\"https:\/\/givemeheadnoise.bandcamp.com\/album\/special-effects-improves-the-defects-mini-album\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD or digital download from Bandcamp<\/a>, and will appeal to fans of all musical genres, but especially fans of electro music.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find Head Noise online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/givemeheadnoise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/head_noise_uk\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a id=\"m_-6868245788254956954LPlnk87098\" class=\"m_-6868245788254956954OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/head_noise_uk\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/head_noise_uk\/?hl%3Den&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1510318861813000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH9RbOHjuKzSJOKjCRrPbCzvKXLNw\"><\/a>[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KDKts5guMOU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three piece electro art-punk outfit Head Noise hail from the Aberdare\/Cardiff region in Wales. Their mini album, &#8216;Special Effects Improves The Defects&#8217; is out now and is reminscent of The Human League, Sparks, Thomas Dolby, and Erasure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":31290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9],"tags":[11828,11826,11829,144,77,11827,2355,8781],"class_list":["post-31286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","tag-electro-punk","tag-head-noise","tag-keytar","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-special-effects-improve-the-defects","tag-wales","tag-wolf-alice"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-88C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12806,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/08\/introducing-noise-galleri\/","url_meta":{"origin":31286,"position":0},"title":"Introducing: Noise Galleri","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"11\/08\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Noise Galleri is an up and coming electronic music trio, consisting of brothers Raf and Greg with vocalist Ana.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Artists&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Artists","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image1.jpg?fit=1024%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image1.jpg?fit=1024%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image1.jpg?fit=1024%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image1.jpg?fit=1024%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":59793,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/02\/electric-enemy-cut-through-the-noise-on-sophomore-single-save-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":31286,"position":1},"title":"Electric Enemy Cut Through The Noise On Sophomore Single \u2018Save Me\u2019","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"13\/02\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Making music your ears can\u2019t help be hooked by, Electric Enemy are back with their sophomore single and still proving that they can hone in their grown-up sound that has the ability to cut through the noise on new number \u2018Save Me\u2019.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-12-at-13.36.31.png?fit=465%2C705&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":86819,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2024\/05\/review-of-black-bruies-by-pussy-galores-kurt-wolf-and-marco-butcher-of-jesus-and-the-groupies\/","url_meta":{"origin":31286,"position":2},"title":"UNDER YOUR SKIN &#8211; 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