Headless Kross and Pound Land: Headless Kross / Pound Land
DL/ Vinyl
Launched September twelfth 2025
Made to order pre-order for vinyl ends August 1st
A brilliantly unhinged break up album from Headless Kross and Pound Land. Louder Than Struggle’s Andy Brown wallows within the filth and the fury.
Even when you understand nothing about both band, simply have a look at that cowl artwork and inform me you aren’t already tempted to provide this document a spin? A gloriously grotesque character with mouse ears and a mouth stuffed with rotten enamel holds up a – seemingly nonetheless animated – head on a spike. I imply, they’ve definitely obtained our consideration. The band names – Pound Land and Headless Kross – give one other little trace at what awaits. Yep, I’m pretty sure this isn’t going to be simple listening. The break up album is one thing of an underused and underappreciated format, let’s see what this one has to supply past that good cowl.
Headless Kross kick issues off with suitably substantial, Sabbath-like guitars accompanied by the savage vocal stylings of bassist/ skilled madman Derek Sexton. It’s all extremely efficient however the undisputable spotlight of the bands three contributions must be The Necessity of three Circumstances. Eight bone-crushing minutes that pummel our grateful eardrums with a mixture of doom rock guitars and noise rock malevolence. Simply hearken to these animalistic ramblings close to the top: the singer is so misplaced within the noise, filthy and fury of all of it that he’s talking in tongues. Fast, somebody name the exorcist!
The few tracks right here function my introduction to this Glaswegian trio and – suitably sufficient – my head has been ripped clean-off. It’s honest to say that they’ve made an impression. That is the form of disgustingly heavy, underground insanity that you simply actually ought to drop right down to your knees and thank the cosmos for. Magnificently menacing and wholly disagreeable. Truthfully, you’re going to like it.
It’s a rotten enterprise this noise rock lark and Manchester’s Pound Land understands that higher than most. They ship the second facet of this relentlessly ferocious break up with 4 tracks and 20 minutes of absolute filth. The songs put you in the midst of some sweaty, dirty follow room because the band creates a wonderfully squalid and uncompromising racket. It’s the audio equal of a scuzzy video nasty: a forbidden and completely filthy pleasure. The 2 acts are fairly completely different but each have an innate knack for impressively ‘orrible stuff.
I’ve adopted Pound Land for some time now and so they solely appear to get extra ragged and wild with every passing launch. Jo Stone’s strangled saxophone evokes the seedy, rainswept streets of some unnamed city on the stroke of midnight. The air thick with pleasure and hazard. In fact, any type of rock ‘n’ roll value its salt has to have somewhat little bit of each. Highlights embody the billionaire baiting brilliance of Fuck Off To Mars and their cowl Headless Kross’ Signed In Blood. The latter is so rife with pressure and seething rage which you could virtually style it.
A brilliantly unhinged providing from two unbelievable underground acts. C’mon really feel the filth.
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You will discover Merciless Nature Data, Pound Land and Headless Kross on Bandcamp.
Pound Land may be discovered on Instagram and Fb.
Headless Kross are on Instagram and Fb.
All phrases by Andy Brown. You’ll be able to go to his creator profile and browse extra of his opinions for Louder Than Struggle right here.
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