THE HEADS - UNDER THE STRESS OF A HEADLONG DIVE published September 20, 2006, The Owl Mag

You might not know what The Heads look like since the only band photo in this album's liner notes is from pretty far off into the distance. However, from first listen, you may immediately think back to that stoner band from the movie PCU. This is the kind of music those guys should have played to really stick it to the man: classic, redundant grunge shaken up with spacey distortion and feedback up the wazoo.

The Heads take a punk energy and layer it with psychedelic essence. Songs are drawn out with eerie interludes that only build atmosphere rather than take away from the actual music. Under The Stress of a Headlong Dive is a full bodied experience in the league of other such albums like Floyd's Darkside and Mars Volta's Francis the Mute. Only this album is like the grunge rock interpretation of the big trip out. For those of you that lack the time to burn incense, turn out the lights, lie down and dive into an album: don't worry. There are standard, animated rock songs on this album that prove to be suitable for any activity.