Video: The Futureheads: "Broke Up the Time"
There are economists who argue that life for people in a place like, say, sub-Saharan Africa, is actually worse today than it was in the Stone Age. Maybe so, although I'll admit I don't completely understand the argument. But when it comes to most of the world, at least, the Futureheads are rightly sick and tired of people pining for yesteryear: "If I hear one person talking about these days/ Saying it's hard in this day and age/ I will explode/ How do they know what it was like 2,000 years ago?" Fans of the bouncy UK post-punks will find the multilayered harmonies and jerky, guitar-based arrangements of new song "Broke Up the Time" reminiscent of what the Futureheads were like a couple of years ago. Don't explode, guys-- that's not exactly a bad thing.
The video for this Youth-produced track is as fast-paced as the tune itself, and not for the easily carsick. Speeding down winding roads, capturing the group's rehearsals, or showing us a golf stroke-- and then a dusty mulligan-- the band-made clip is rough and celebratory. If you're willing to hand over your e-mail address and phone number, you can download "Broke Up the Time" for free via the Futureheads' website. And since this isn't the Stone Age, you can also watch the YouTube clip below (or stream the new song at the band's MySpace).
[from the Futureheads' forthcoming third album; due 2008 on the band's own, as yet unnamed, label]