HEADS UP

More noisy and less poppy than "You're a Woman, I'm a Machine", and that's precisely why it's just as good."Head's up" is a rollicking EP that starts off with the sound of a retarded grandmother singing the "Sound of Music", making you instantly hate it. Right as you're about to click out, you get slammed in the face with fourteen minutes of blitzkrieging atomic bombs exploding in your eardrums and infusing your blood with enough octane to take out half the planet with one well-placed footstomp.Lesser men have been known to hear this cd, attain full-mast, and implode in a frenzy of white and red. Poland actually got their colors when JFK took a time machine to the past and played this for Boleslaw II. He didn't make the cut.

I definitely like this album, although it is more a fan's album. People who are new to the band, or somewhat interested in the music may not appreciate the album to it's fullest extent. I loved it, anytime I can get new material from DFA1979 I am thrilled, now if we can get the guys to tour more often.

Ok i figured this band out through bloc party(favorite band) and i listened to these guys, got both the album and this ep. let me say, this ep is great but i like the album more. why? because i drum and sing at the same time to. and on this ep, the beat on the drums is basically the same 2/4 2/4 2/4 and it gets kindof annoying. i mean sebastian(the drummer)could of put more variaty in it.and it sounds like it was made in a crappy basement, but i think that just gives it more of a thrasher punk 2-step feel. but this is a must buy if you like the album. love these guys 5 stars. Oh and btw amazon shipped it and the whole case was shattered. i find that very common in amazon cd shipping.

I bought this album after I bought You're a Woman, I'm a Machine because it had never-before-heard tracks that was not repeated on a main album. This album is truly different from You're a Woman, I'm a Machine. DFA'79 seems to have a little more experimentation involved as well as harder, less techno-ish sound they have had on other albums. The lyrics involved in this album are more in your face then You're a Woman. Some flaws are it seems like they recorded this in a basement with a single microphone and some old recording machines. The sound quality is terrible, the only track I will not say it is their fault is Do It! because it is a live track (most live tracks do sound bad.) I kind of wish they didn't put these out on a EP and released them on a full-length album with a more professional-sound quality. Some album highlights for me include Dead Womb, Too Much Love, and Losing Friends.Dead Womb is a intense song that is some of the most aggressive I heard them play.Too Much Love is a catchy song with a nice bass riff.And Losing Friends is a personal favorite because of the lyrics alone.

If you like Death From Above 1979 this EP is a must have. I originally purchased it on I-Tunes and then somehow misplaced it. So instead of buying the mp3's again I chose to have said media in a tangible format, which consequently I think I spent about a dollar less on. Shipping took about 5 days - no biggie. It was worth the wait.

Death From Above 1979 (DFA) blazed across the indie world and into that nether region between mainstream success and credibility. "You're a Woman, I'm a Machine" had some major money behind it, Vice's record imprint is technically part of Atlantic... I should say, major force, if not funds. That album was a short blast of dance-punk/metal noise that was wholly unexpected by most. Jesse's angular bass chops and Sebastian's furious Joy Division-esqe drumming created a heady brew. The mostly tongue in cheek lyrics and occasional analog synth blast just added to the mix.However, bass and drum noisecore bands are nothing new: Lightning Bolt has been rocking that scene for over ten years. But making the same style music poppy (and sing-a-long) was pretty much unheard of. It's hard to quantify what made them so magic, but their only LP is insanely hard to put down... even over a year later.Their first EP, "Heads Up" has since been reissued, to help fill in the catalog. Whether this is an opportunistic grab from Last Gang, is immaterial, although the re-release fixes the old textual errors (the original release had the wrong website and "Death From Above" without the 1979 appended... pre-"cease and desist letter") and adds new ones ("Too Much Love" is misspelled).Since the band broke up, chances are you will pick this up and it's well worth the price. Judging this record in comparison to "You're a Woman..", it gets four stars. However, in the grander scheme it's a little more mediocre. Remember this was originally released in 2002. Jesse and Sebastian endured two more years of sweaty basement gigs before they achieved success.Of course the record quality is lower, more consistent with self produced home studio albums. If that turns you off, be thankful that "You're a Woman..." is so sparkly... indie music in general, might not be for you. Remember some of the greatest indie records of the last twenty five years were pretty rough (Black Flag's "Damaged I", The Wrens "Secaucus", At The Drive-In's "In Casino Out", etc). If anything, it's more consistent with noisecore... even if DFA isn't technically a noisecore band (Jesse's background is more arty-retro punk). After all, Lightning Bolt tries to make records sound "live".The album starts out with, what sounds like Japenese or gibberish through a vocoder and rockets into "Dead Womb" (a song that evokes some of the quicker moments on "You're a Woman..."). "Dead Womb" is a quicker step and a little less "dancey" than anything on "You're a Woman", almost more punk. The next song, "Too Much Love" continues like that... actually a little more driving as the song doesn't really break up for a hook. "Too Much Love" actually has Jesse singing too, one of the few times you really hear him doing background vocals. "Do It!" (live) actually is probably my favorite track on the album. It starts with a little synth and breaks up for a long vocoder piece in the middle (laid over some double bass drumming). Except for the intro and outro, "Do It!" sounds just like the other tracks (in terms of production)... that's only mentionable because it's a live album. "Do It!" seems to be more metal too... the drumming is slightly more technical and entwined with the bass. "My Love is Shared" has a pretty big hook, which the earlier songs don't really have. "Losing Friends" starts with pummeling drum work and a very rhythmic bass part, quickly going into the metal-punk-dance style that they would build on for "You're a Woman...". One major distinction is that played with a full band, it would actually make a pretty convincing punk-metal/metalcore anthem. Crazy, eh? The album ends with "If We Don't Make It, We'll Fake It", a longer more screamy song, with a weird synth/vocoder outro.What makes this different form "You're a Woman..."?Well, the vocals are more distorted and nothing is double-tracked. While the casual listener interprets this as "poor production", it is actually proof that the band was just as good live as they were in a big studio. Another big distinction is the ability to hear the background vocals.Overall, this is a more aggressive, less poppy release than their album. Since it lacks the extreme polish it isn't a stretch to say that it might not be for everyone. Yet, you should pick it up, anyway (only 2000 copies were made of the re-issue) and listen to it thoughtfully. DFA was brilliantly punk, self destructing before they could ruin their credibility and this just adds to an album that will become legendary in the future.Buy it!

It didn't take me too long to warm up to this band, although at times the singer's voice annoys me a bit. All the same this is a 5 star EP all the way, whereas "You're a Woman, I'm a Machine" is more a 4 or 4 and a half star effort.I love "You're a Woman..." but this disc just kills, start to finish, whereas the previously mentioned full length disc had a weak track or 2. Also the drumming is way heavier on this one.Any fans of this band not having heard this disc yet would be well advised to pick it up. It's not even 14 minutes, but furious drum & bass action with pile-driving riffs all the way.

This will blow your mind ..... especially when the first track kicks in - play loud .... but watch out as your ears might bleed.

Love these guys

Pour prolonger le plaisir du "You're a woman, I'm a machine", ce maxi de 2002 possède déjà tous les bons ingrédients : agressivité, intensité et potentiel tubesque. Dommage de passer à côté de cette joyeuse boucherie.

とにかく、短い。オマエラ、70年代のパンクバンドかよっ！、と、ツッコミたくなる程曲が短い。だが、それがイイ。爆発寸前の音の塊が、CDという枠に納まりきれずに、そこら中にROCKを撒き散らし、弾き飛ばしているイメージを感じる。まさに一瞬の大崩落な感じ。個人的には、2004年のフルアルバムよりコチラの方が好み。

疾走感があってイイ～！曲の時間が短くてあっという間に聴き終えてしまいます。聴いていて、なんかすごく気持ちいいアルバムですよ！