View basket “Do All Words Can Do” has been added to your basket. Field Of Heads Billy Mahonie SKU: 20.00 22.00 £20.00 - £22.00 £20.00 - £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Whistling Sam Projects Released Date: 24th May 2024 Buying Format: 180g 1LP 1LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option180g 1LP1LP Coloured VinylClear Field Of Heads quantity Add to basket ReservePre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info BRITISH POST-ROCK LEGENDS BILLY MAHONIE RETURN WITH THEIR FIRST NEW MATERIAL FOR 24 YEARS. 180GM BLACK VINYL : 500 PRESSED WORLDWIDE. INDIES ONLY SKY BLUE VINYL : 500 PRESSED WORLDWIDE Furthermore, Billy Mahonie now have their own label, Whistling Sam Projects, an almost sold-out London launch show at The Lexington on May 4th, and they are confirmed to play Portals Festival Saturday May 25th in East London. After nearly quarter of a century, Billy Mahonie are very much back. Formed in the first wave of British post-rock alongside the likes of Mogwai in the late 90s, John Peel favourites Billy Mahonie are set to return with the first new music from their original line-up in some twenty-four years. Whilst their debut album ‘The Big Dig’, released in 1999 on Too Pure Records, is considered a classic of the post rock genre, Billy Mahonie always crafted their intricate music with memorable hooks and melodies and performed it with energy and gusto. Theirs was not an aimless, meandering sound, instead the songs and attitude were rooted in punk rock, and still are. Billy Mahonie put the rock into post-rock. Set for release this coming May 24th via Whistling Sam Projects, ‘Field Of Heads’ sees the band returning with their classic original line-up of Gavin Baker (guitar), Howard Monk (drums), Hywell Dinsdale (bass and guitar) and Kevin Penney (bass and guitar). Whilst this line-up has been semi active for a few years, no new material came to fruition. After their last gig in 2017, however, the band decided it was time to get back into the studio, but with two members living abroad new challenges were faced, but ideas were shared, old ones were resurrected and finally in October of 2019, Billy Mahonie were back in the studio. Recorded over two long weekends on either side of the Covid 19 lockdowns, the band tracked at The Church studios, owned by their former collaborator and front of house engineer Paul Epworth, with senior engineer Luke Pickering at the controls, allowing ‘Field Of Heads’ to quickly take shape. New single ‘Kaiju’ gives the music world the first taste of ‘Field Of Heads’ and right from the off, it’s classic Billy Mahonie. Immediately bursting into life with the energy and melody that is so unique to their sound, Howard’s driving drums thrust the music ahead as the guitars and synths weave their way around them. Intricate and shifting, but never at the expense of a tune that sticks in your head. “This one came from a chord progression myself and Gav first tried out jamming in 2010,” explains drummer Howard. “Needless to say, when Hywell and Kev got their hands on it, it became something no-one ever envisaged. Kev’s great title is, of course, the Japanese name for the subgenre of monster-based science fiction. A frenetic riff opens the song and for a counter guitar part only two options remain, play in the minimal gaps or find an overarching theme. We chose both. Kaiju films influence the additional Synths, echoes of those early Japanese movie themes. Some people we have played this to in advance have suggested this track is one we should lead with, as it is kind of where we left off. We agree. It rocks pretty hard. And is a bit funky too. What’s not to like?!” Furthermore, Billy Mahonie now have their own label, Whistling Sam Projects, set up for global distribution through SRD, an almost sold-out London launch show at The Lexington on May 4th, and they are confirmed to play Portals Festival Saturday May 25th in East London. After nearly quarter of a century, Billy Mahonie are very much back. Artist Billy Mahonie Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Whistling Sam Projects Buying Options 180g 1LP , 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 180g , 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Atomic Clock Kaiju Hearts vs Minds Spy Guy The More I know You Impossible Sky Tributer Dry Season Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Propagandhi Victory Lap (RSD Stores Exclusive) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Epitaph | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 29th September 2017 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Propagandhi Victory Lap (RSD Stores Exclusive) £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Epitaph SKU: 8714092754049 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 29th September 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Merchandise A Corpse Wired For Sound (Indies Only) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | 4AD | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 23rd September 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Merchandise A Corpse Wired For Sound (Indies Only) £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: 4AD SKU: CADD3660 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 23rd September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Death Valley Girls Islands In The Sky Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Suicide Squeeze | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 24th February 2023 £23.00 Select options Death Valley Girls Islands In The Sky £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Suicide Squeeze Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 24th February 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Dropkick Murphys Turn Up That Dial Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Born And Bred | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes 7" Released 30th April 2021 £19.00 - £41.00 Select options Dropkick Murphys Turn Up That Dial £19.00 - £41.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Born And Bred Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes 7" Released Date: 30th April 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View These Arms Are Snakes Duct Tape & Shivering Crows Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Suicide Squeeze | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 15th April 2022 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders These Arms Are Snakes Duct Tape & Shivering Crows £29.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Suicide Squeeze SKU: SSQ190LPC1 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 15th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Candy Hearts All The Ways You Let Me Down Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Bridge Nine | 1LP Released 9th June 2014 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Candy Hearts All The Ways You Let Me Down £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Bridge Nine SKU: B9R210LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th June 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Queens Of The Stone Age Villains Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Matador | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 25th August 2017 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Queens Of The Stone Age Villains £26.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Matador SKU: OLE11251 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 25th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Blink 182 NINE Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Columbia | 1LP Released 20th September 2019 £20.00 - £23.00 Select options Blink 182 NINE £20.00 - £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Columbia Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th September 2019 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Honeyblood Babes Never Die (Indies Only) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Fat Cat | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 2nd November 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Honeyblood Babes Never Die (Indies Only) £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Fat Cat SKU: FATLP141I Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 2nd November 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Son Little Son Little Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Anti | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 16th October 2015 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Son Little Son Little £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Anti SKU: 8714092742114 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th October 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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