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• Artist: Fivehead
• Album: Big Mistake Factory
• Label: Tight Spot
• Year of Release: 2001
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2003-03-30

For those of you who miss the early 90’s lo-fi guitar rock of all the indie bands at that time, Fivehead is for you. They have been around for a little while with releases on Big Bucket Club and Peek-a-Boo. Big Mistake Factory finds them on the new Texas based label, Tight Spot Records. It is a fine production too. This is one of those ep’s that keep you wanting more. The album starts out with the sauntering “Cape Codders� in which John Hunt’s vocals are soft and the instrumentation is a bit scattered but held together with skill. Fivehead then jumpstart your stereo with the driving “Mo Elling� with a gritty Dinosaur Jr. guitar. J Mascis would be proud. They slow down a bit for the next two tracks and then pick it up again with the Meat Puppets inspired “Young and Compliant�. Fivehead need a little more exposure and they could be a band that would be a contender in the underground music scene. They don’t push any boundaries but they are great songwriters and musicians.

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