Headcoatitude

by Thee Headcoats

Headcoatitude cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Shakin' Street
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 26:27
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Led by the prolific Billy Childish, Thee Headcoats deliver another relentless, lo-fi barrage of authentic garage punk. 'Headcoatitude' captures the unvarnished, raw energy of the Medway scene, completely rejecting contemporary production standards in favor of a visceral 1960s R&B aesthetic.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, distorted, unpolished, fuzz, minimal

Tracklist

  1. My Dear Watson (2:45)
  2. Everybody Lies (2:20)
  3. Troubled Times (2:24)
  4. Hog's Jaw (2:49)
  5. By Hook or by Crook (2:17)
  6. It's Gonna Hurt You (More Than it Hurts Me) (1:39)
  7. Neither Fish Nor Fowl (2:37)
  8. I Wonder Why People Don't Like Me (1:42)
  9. Snitch Baby (1:32)
  10. Gotta Get Inside That Girl's Mind (1:52)
  11. Headcoatitude (2:08)
  12. I Don't Like You (2:16)

Credits

  • Thee Headcoats - primary artist
  • W.O.A.H. Art Dept. - artwork [sleeve]
  • Johnny Tub Johnson - performer, other [(a.a.), w.o.a.h., (scrumping, poaching, petty larceny, public nuisance etc...)]
  • Billy Childish - performer, other [(ret'd), w.o.a.h. (hons), order of the pop rivet (twice removed)], written-by
  • Bruce Brand - performer, other [b.g.b (1958), w.o.a.h., (chairman of the darts team and outings committee)]
  • William Loveday - featuring [unaccompanied, with assorted percussive bathroom utensils and likewise regalia]

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