The Futureheads are set to launch a new arts project ahead of their upcoming festive single.
The Futureheads have always had an artistic side. The Sunderland band draw on the English art rock tradition, citing groups such as Wire and prime era Roxy Music as an inspiration.
Now the band are planning to celebrate their tenth year together with a new installation. The Futureheads have launched a new arts event, collaborating with a number of artists to raise money for Newcastle based hospice St Oswalds.
Launching FH10, The Futureheads sent a series of artists one of their albums and asked them to craft a brand new cover in response to the music. Speaking about the project, Ross Millard said:
“For us, FH10 is a brilliant way of us celebrating ten years of making music together; new life breathed into our back-catalogue by four artists whose work we have admired from afar for many years. We wanted to celebrate our first decade in a creative way, not by slobbering over a few pints, desperately trying to recall venues we played back in the early days, but by looking toward the future by giving birth to something new – having new creations to enjoy and shout about.”
“Over the years we’ve written and recorded a lot of music, and in the last few years we’ve even released some of it ourselves too, but projects like this one, that operate on the fringes of the music, are often the most fun to be part of, because they can teach you a thing or two about a world you don’t inhabit on a daily basis. It’s been wonderful collaborating with artists who can re-interpret our music into something completely new and invigorating – waiting to see what they’d come back with was really exciting.”
Each print will be available in a limited edition of 100, with artists including David Shrigley, Pete Fowler, Stuart Semple, Lyndsey Jameson and more.
Meanwhile, The Futureheads have confirmed details of new single ‘Christmas Was Better In The 80s’. Set to be released on December 19th, the festive favourite will be available on their own Nul Records.
