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These are magical songs, psychedelic folk songs of the finest \u003cstrong\u003eHead\u003c\/strong\u003e vintage. Sleepy-eyed, wistful and mystical, yet crafted with a cunning and acute dexterity beyond just about anybody you can think of.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe two profoundly Liverpudlian brothers \u003cstrong\u003eMick\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Head\u003c\/strong\u003e have made several brilliant albums together, but none as quickly as ‘\u003cem\u003eHere’s Tom\u003c\/em\u003e…’ which was completed in seven weeks at \u003cstrong\u003eBrynderwen Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e in North Wales along with drummer \u003cstrong\u003eIain Templeton\u003c\/strong\u003e (RIP) , bassist \u003cstrong\u003eGuy Rigby\u003c\/strong\u003e and producer \u003cstrong\u003eJay Reynolds\u003c\/strong\u003e in 2003.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the 80’s , the two brothers from the notorious Kensington estate in north Liverpool were singer and guitarist with \u003cstrong\u003eThe Pale Fountains\u003c\/strong\u003e , an effervescent pop group which imploded under the weight of two albums in 1986. The Heads returned in ‘88 as Shack and a debut album \u003cem\u003eZilch\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1991, Shack made ‘\u003cem\u003eWaterpistol\u003c\/em\u003e’ , an inspirational guitar jewel that would have proved just as influential as any British album in that era had the studio not burned down, taking the master tapes with it. Four more years passed , but by the time it was finally released on \u003cstrong\u003eMarina\u003c\/strong\u003e it had developed ‘lost classic’ status.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Heads battled on. They toured as their hero Arthur Lee (RIP) of Love’s backing band. In ‘97, they created a new group called \u003cstrong\u003eThe Strands\u003c\/strong\u003e and recorded the delicate, dreamy masterpiece ‘\u003cem\u003eThe Magical World Of The Strands\u003c\/em\u003e’ . They spent a long time making another classic ‘\u003cem\u003eHMS Fable\u003c\/em\u003e’ , and then decided that next time they wouldn’t take quite as long recording. Enter ‘\u003cem\u003eHere’s Tom With The Weather\u003c\/em\u003e’. Showcasing John’s slow , shy emergence as a songwriter to challenge his brother (on the sparkling, heartbreaking ‘\u003cem\u003eMiles Apart\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eCarousel\u003c\/em\u003e’ , and the spun-out ‘\u003cem\u003eKilburn High Road\u003c\/em\u003e’ ) , toasting Mick’s newest confirmation as the most unrecognised genius of his or any other generation (the ode to his bro, ‘\u003cem\u003eByrds Turn To Stone\u003c\/em\u003e’ , the mariachi horns that break open the slow folk fog of ‘\u003cem\u003eMeant To Be\u003c\/em\u003e’ , the two lullaby bookends ..and on , and on) .\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The journey we’ve had together has been beautifully turbulent”, laughs \u003cstrong\u003eJohn\u003c\/strong\u003e. “But there’s times when we glide and we’re gliding forward now” \u003cstrong\u003eMick\u003c\/strong\u003e agrees. “Making this album has been frantic, chaos, carnage, intense : the normal way with us. 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