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THEE HEADCOATS

THE SHERLOCK HOLMES RHYTHM 'N' BEAT VERNACULAR (DAMAGED GOODS)

THEE HEADCOATS - THE SHERLOCK HOLMES RHYTHM 'N' BEAT VERNACULAR 172455
format:
1 LP
release:
14.11.2025
label:
DAMAGED GOODS
item ID:
172455
barcode:
5020422063310
"The undisputed kings of garage rock" * are back once again! Two years on from their 2023 album Irregularis (The Great Hiatus), Thee Headcoats are back with a new record that ranks alongside the very best of their 1990s albums.

We proudly present to you The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm 'n' Beat Vernacular. Featuring 12 fab cuts (or ditties, if you prefer) recorded last year at Ranscombe Studios in Rochester.

The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm 'n' Beat Vernacular will be released on the same day as Man-Trap, a brand-new album by Thee Headcoatees, which features the chaps on rhythm section duties.

One of the many musical outfits led by Billy Childish, Thee Headcoats is his most prolific group to date (as far as we can tell).

No small wonder, given Billy's ceaseless creativity and busy release schedule. Thee Headcoats play tough R&B, Rock 'n' Roll and Punk Rock influenced by the the early Kinks, Pretty Things and more importantly, The Downliners Sect, with an added sense of fun informed by Bruce, the drummer's penchant for Deerstalker hats.

Thee Headcoats established their template on their first LP Headcoats Down [Hangman, 1988], continuing with The Earls of Suavedom [Crypt, 1989] and Heavens to Murgatroyd, Even! It's Thee Headcoats! (Already) [SubPop, 1990].

A leaner, more punk-oriented attack emerged on latter-day albums such as 1998's The Messerschmitt Pilot's Severed Hand, yet the boys never abandoned their commitment to raucous '60s-informed R'n'B, sounding essentially unchanged on 2023's reunion masterpiece Irregularis (The Great Hiatus).
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. AND THE BAND PLAYED JOHNNY B. GOODE
  • 1.2. IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT (IT MUST BE GOOD)
  • 1.3. 100 YARDS OF CRASH BARRIER
  • 1.4. A COMMON DISEASE
  • 1.5. DEAREST DARLING
  • 1.6. THE GODDESS TREE
  • 1.7. THE FRIENDS OF THE BUFF MEDWAYS FANCIER'S ASSOCIATION
  • 1.8. THE DEVIL AND GOD ENTWINED
  • 1.9. SALLY SENSATION
  • 1.10. GOT LOVE IF YOU WANT IT
  • 1.11. THE BABY WHO MUTILATED EVERYBODY'S HEART
  • 1.12. MODERN TERMS OF ABUSE