'Head Full Of Feedback' is dripping in melody, noise and propulsive drums & bass - and it's groovy baby!
London post-punk band Dealing With Damage return, following the release of their second album ‘Use The Daylight’ in early 2023 and a raft of gigs with the likes of Girls Against Boys, Soulside, Moving Targets, Messthetics, Diaz Brothers, Danger!Man, Ruts DC and most recently Midway Still. Having spent the last few months working up new songs, and a new bass player in Owen Cox, Dealing With Damage proudly release the first finished track from their latest recording sessions in new single ‘Head Full Of Feedback‘.
Recorded once again at Perry Vale Studios with the legend that was Pat Collier, then mixed at The Mix Dungeon by long-term collaborator Roop Coulson and mastered by Paul Yeadon, prepare for ‘Head Full Of Feedback‘ to come clattering and swirling through your ears as it oozes out of the speakers directly into your head.
“It’s a somewhat elaborate thank you note to my daughter for chipping away over the past 5 years at my previous refusal to listen to Sonic Youth,” explains vocalist and guitarist Ed Wenn. “I had seen them a couple of times in the 80s and didn’t like what I saw or heard, so consigned them to the ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ pile. A couple of years ago I investigated the music that I heard coming out of her room and discovered that these off-kilter, twisted, intelligent, sometimes downright beautiful pop nuggets were from none other than Sonic Youth!”
“As for the song itself, it was nice to write a story song about something light-hearted for a change. A lot of DWD lyrics walk along the serious side of the street, so it was great fun to write about art, music and memories of the 1980s when life was full possibilities and we had more than 3 weeks left to save the planet.”
“We made full use of our new bass player, Owen’s playing style to come up with a solid bass/drums platform and built everything up from there. It’s an evolution of the DWD sound and I think reflects a growing confidence in our ability to spread our wings after the positive feedback (pun intended!) that the experimentation of the second album, ‘Use The Daylight‘ received in the press and from audiences.”
The band are working on new material for further releases throughout the year – watch this space!
Dealing With Damage are:
James Sherry – drums
Owen Cox – bass
Andy Myers – guitar and vocals
Ed Wenn – vocals and guitar
Steve Cox – Keyboards
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