When my father went out west earlier this year, he and my step mom made a trip to Montana’s Glacier National Park and its neighbor to the north, Waterton Lakes Provincial Park in Canada. At a small Italian restaurant in Waterton, they caught a live set from a little group called Head Land and picked up their CD.
I know virtually nothing about this French-Canadian guitar duo and have been able to find almost zero (and I mean nothing) about this group on the internet even after an extensive search. Now the only artifact I have from Head Land is a CD-R that contains their album Un Monde Imaginaire, so all I can tell you about is the music.
The music can be gentle and beautiful but oftentimes has an underlying moody ferocity. The percussive sounds they manage to coax from their instruments using their unique finger tapping technique are almost tribal and conjure images of bloodshed on the frontier. Like the soothing sounds of a babbling brook, Head Land’s music is meditative without being new-agey.
While I long to see the majestic landscapes that dominate the West, at least I have Head Land’s Un Monde Imaginaire to keep my ears happy. Below are all the songs from the album.
MP3 | Head Land – Nuit Blanche Un Monde Imaginaire
MP3 | Head Land – Cap-E-L Anse Un Monde Imaginaire
MP3 | Head Land – Danse St. Georges Un Monde Imaginaire
MP3 | Head Land – Quartier De Lune Un Monde Imaginaire
MP3 | Head Land – Chevy Ride Un Monde Imaginaire
MP3 | Head Land – Dead On The Trail Un Monde Imaginaire
MP3 | Head Land – Malgre Tout Un Monde Imaginaire
MP3 | Head Land – Bleu Un Monde Imaginaire
MP3 | Head Land – La Premiere Un Monde Imaginaire
HeadLand added link
I was there! Well we were late and we saw the guys packing up. They gave us a little show and we both bought their cd’s.
I was just listening to their cd and I decided to look up if anyone had written about it, where I came to this link. I have been listening to them for the past 4 years whenever I want to calm down, or go to bed. Very relaxing songs. But I have not been able to find anything about them or any of their more recent songs.