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  Wherever The Futureheads go, and whatever they do next I’m afraid to say they’ll be followed by plenty of “oh-ohoh-oh-ohohs”. Thanks to their superb cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds of Love’, they’ll always be remembered for THAT SONG. The Sunderland four-piece shot to critical acclaim in 2004 thanks to their self-titled debut album, winning plenty of awards along the way for their mix of post-punk and three/four part harmonies. There can be no doubt the band know their way around a great pop song, following that record up with two more consistent albums in the form of News and Tributes and This Is Not The World. The band has been a lot quieter of late when it comes to playing live, perhaps seeking to distance themselves from certain songs, but it’d be a sad day if a show by The Futureheads didn’t contain the stop-start dynamics of ‘Decent Days and Nights’, the aggressive ‘The Beginning of the Twist’ and of course the standard set-closer of ‘Hounds of Love’. Barry Hyde and co might also treat you to some acapella or acoustic versions of some of their tracks, just showing off some excellent voices in the process. They may not escape that song, but really why should they want to when crowds continue to have a great time listening?

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• On the one hand, it’s easy to be tempted to think that any band best known for a cover version are probably of dubious worth creatively, but that couldn’t be further from the truth where The Futureheads are concerned; sure, the track they’re most readily associated with is Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds of Love’ after they put their own stamp on it back in 2004, but in the following decade, they’ve continued to push the envelope artistically - not least on their fifth album, Rant, which was entirely a capella, with just vocals and no conventional instrumentation of any kind. In support of the album, they toured a capella, too, playing at concert halls rather than conventional rock clubs and extending the concept to their back catalogue, reinterpreting old tracks according to the new album’s concept; the gigs met with a strong critical response. Since then, they’ve gone back to what they know, playing standard rock shows as they prepare material for album number six; they still have a fervent cult fanbase, and remain a popular festival booking, turning ‘Hounds of Love’ into an exercise in mass audience participation and defying the demise of the scene they emerged from with tight, high-energy sets.

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