Michael Head and The Red Elastic Band Preview New Album ‘Loophole’ at Manchester’s Gorilla [Show Review]

Michael Head has had the good folk of Liverpool eating out of the palm of his hand since The Pale Fountains’ “Thank You” made the summer of ’82 shine that little bit brighter. A lapse in national interest followed until Shack’s HMS Fable album attracted the attention of the music press in 1999, and Mick found himself iconically gazing from the cover of NME. Despite Mick’s incredible songwriting ability and genius in crafting the most beautiful songs since Burt Bacharach, the good ship Fable bobbed back below the waves for a few years until the Head magic emerged once more in 2013 with the arrival of The Red Elastic Band. Taking a few years to get in their stride, Mick’s new project hit gold in 2017 with the immaculate Adiós Señor Pussycat album, reaching No1 in the Indie chart and displayi...

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