Despite being dropped by their label, 679 records, after a disappointing 2^nd album “News & Tributes” The Futureheads have taken time out to reassess their situation and have come storming back with "This Is Not The World" this time released on the bands own label, Nul records. 

3rd time around there seems to have been a conscious shift back to the short snappy post punk that characterised the band's self titled debut, but with added maturity. In the main this is exactly what the doctor ordered. Sharp riffs and incisive lyrics abound. Only the country stylings and Phil Spector drums of “Hard To Bear” and the occasional nicked riff spoil this record but, even allowing for these lapses, This Is Not The World bristles with taut rhythms and spiky hooks that once heard are embedded in the psyche for days.  

With "This Is Not World" The Futureheads have rediscovered their form, they may not reach the same heights this time around as they did with their debut but, on this showing at  least, the band show that they have  the energy and ideas to keep themselves at the forefront of the UK alt-rock scene.

John Lewins