Here it is! The first, long awaited, limited vinyl release from the Massachusetts based gang, the Sunburned Hand of the Man, a free, social sound outfit. Another loadstone in the Tight Alliance of Celebrators including the No Neck Blues Band, Suntanama, Micheal Hurley, Joshua, Franklin's Mint, Six Organs of Admittance, Dredd Foole & the Din, and the Mountians of Matallama. When asked to describe what their gang sounds like, guys vanish, avoid the question, or uncomfortably shrug, "Oh, I don't know." Well, forget what they sound like. Headdress lays out the lines, rolls up the bones, puts the scissors to the sheet, steeps the tea, and cracks open a boatload of bottles. Celebratory and spritual, you will get the message. Your inside eye will come out and look you in the soul. Sit around and break some bread with your brothers & sisters when you try this one on. The Headdress will fit 'cause its one size fits all. The Headdress is a music record. You love records right? Well so does the Sunburned Hand of the Man. You love any and all kinds of music right? you walk the walk? No shit, so does the Sunburned Hand of the Man. You need to roll up to the partizzo with some back up? some booze tootin' yahoos? Yo, just call and these mofos will come out from behind furniture, throughtrap doors in the floor, and down from the dangle spot on the ceiling . The Sunburned Hand of the Man invites you to take some time out to visit their ever-evolving state-of-mind. This is the Headdress. Limited to 1000 beautiful copies
For all the average musician probably understands of the real mechanisms of these organizations: the specifics that determine the collection and distribution of money, who gets paid when, how much they get, and how the vast underground network of legal and financial regulations and procedures work,
ASCAP or BMI might as well be the CIA.