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HEAD AUTOMATICA WAS FORMED BY DARYL PALUMBO
OF THE INFLUENTIAL POST-HARDCORE BAND GLASSJAW
to explore his other musical interests that didn’t fit into the Glassjaw lane. Palumbo
was in the midst of making the second Glassjaw album, Worship And Tribute,
when he was introduced to producer Dan “The Automator” Nakamura with the
result being Head Automatica’s first album, Decadence, released in 2004. The
album allowed Palumbo with Nakamura (whose production work included
Gorillaz, DJ Shadow, and Handsome Boy Modeling School, among others) to
dive into diverse genres and artists for inspiration—hip-hop to Frank Zappa to
Britpop and beyond.
“The product speaks for itself. As soon as the needle rolls out of the lead-in
groove and into “The Speed Of A Yellow Bullet,” . . . hold on, candyasses—
you realize that you’re in the movie now. It hits perfectly. Head A works
that jam confidently like they were called in to replace The MC5 at a
headlining gig at a Black Panthers town hall meeting. And damn if Daryl
doesn’t sell it: That dropped couplet from The Mothers Of Invention’s 1966
highmark debut Freak Out (“I saw the smoke and fire/and the market
burning down”) smells like a passed torch once lit from inside a time
machine. Then the downshift into “Brooklyn Is Burning,” where Nakamura’s
drum loops and chrome-plated spaghetti Western samples just heighten
Palumbo’s swagger in all the best ways.”
from the liner notes by Jason Pettigrew
Decadence appeared on the Billboard 200 and the Top Heatseekers charts
and Palumbo formed a group to tour the U.S. alongside bands like The Cure
and Interpol. Popaganda, the second Head Automatica album followed in
2006 and was supported by further touring with Taking Back Sunday, Avenged
Sevenfold, and Jack’s Mannequin, among others throughout the year and into
2007. By late 2007, they were working on their still-unissued third album which
was completed in 2009. Unfortunately, creative differences with Warner Bros., led
to both Head Automatica and Glassjaw parting ways with the label. Though the
band toured the U.K. in 2012, it wasn’t until 2023 that the band was active again.
Now Decadence has been expanded and remastered with reimagined artwork
to boot! Boasting eight bonus tracks and new liner notes from Jason Pettigrew,
Decadence re-emerges from the early ’00s in Deluxe Edition form and better
than ever!
...OUT 17 JULY 2026!
PLEASE NOTE:
>>>If you would like your pre-orders (with different release dates) shipped separately—please order them separately.
If not, we will happily ship all your items, when the last title is released!
xo-tLc
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