Description
Label: Omnivore Recordings
Release Date: 07/17/2026
Variant: Deluxe Edition CD
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!
TRACKLIST
AT THE SPEED OF A YELLOW BULLET
BROOKLYN IS BURNING
BEATING HEART BABY
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (Young Hollywood)
KING CAESAR
THE RAZOR
DANCE PARTY PLUS (feat. Tim Armstrong)
DISCO HADES II
SOLID GOLD TELEPHONE
HEAD AUTOMATICA SOUNDSYSTEM
I SHOT WILLIAM H. MACY
BROOKLYN IS BURNING (Instrumental)
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (Young Hollywood) (Smitty & Gabriel D. Vine Dub)
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (Young Hollywood) (Smitty & Gabriel D. Vine Remix)
CANDY WARHOL
BEATING HEART BABY (El-P Remix)
BEATING HEART BABY (Mr. Mig Remix)
BEATING HEART BABY (DTC Jungle Mix)
PULLING MUSSELS (FROM A SHELL)