footballhead mark Pure Noise Records signing with new single Sharpen Your Words
Chicago alt-rockers footballhead have signed to Pure Noise Records, unveiling their first release for the label with new single Sharpen Your Words.
The track arrives with an accompanying video and follows Weight Of The Truth, with the band describing the new material as a more expansive continuation of that sound.
“Signing to Pure Noise – no joke – in every essence is a dream come true to the guys that make up footballhead,” the band said. “We spent our teen years, 20s, and now in our 30s loving the bands that make up the culture of this label.
“I emailed Jake 15 years ago asking for an internship because I loved the bands on his label so much when I was a teenager and he basically told me, ‘Thanks so much – I’m a one-man operation right now; circle back with me later.’ Well, here we are.”
A heavier dynamic for the new chapter
On Sharpen Your Words, the group said they wanted to push beyond the sonic palette of their previous release while retaining the elements that define their songs.
“This song organically feels like it picks up right where Weight Of The Truth left off – it’s got all the same flavours of sonics as Weight Of The Truth but we pushed the dynamics a lot further,” they said.
“We wanted to create this soundscape environment where you can press play and quickly identify this is a subculture song like all fbh songs are, but it’s almost like you immediately can tell it’s best fit for a big stage. It’s meant to be blasted at maximum volume.”
The band also cited the scale and emotional pull of videos including My Chemical Romance’s Helena and 30 Seconds To Mars’ The Kill as reference points while developing the visual.
