The Futureheads are a four-piece English post-punk revival band from Sunderland.

They first performed in 2000, and through word-of-mouth their reputation in the local area grew. Hyde's younger brother Dave (who replaced Brewis, who went on to join fellow north east rockers Field Music) joined later, and their first single was released in 2002.

The Futureheads released their self-titled debut album in September 2004 on 679 recordings. Five tracks on this record were produced by Andy Gill of Gang of Four. The song "Decent Days And Nights" from the album was featured in the videogame soundtrack to Burnout 3 on PlayStation 2 and Xbox as well as EA's Rugby 2005.

A stand-alone EP Area was released in November 2005 while the band were working on their second album News and Tributes (name inspired by the Munich air disaster in 1958), which, according to NME in February 2006, took only five weeks to produce. The first single from the album was "Skip to the End" released on May 15. The album News and Tributes was first released on June 13, 2006.

The Futureheads were dropped by their label (679 Recordings) in November 2006.

The Futureheads Single Hounds of Love became a cult festival chant throughout 2006.

In June 2007, they reportedly completed work on a third album, which is expected to be released early 2008. Ross Millard from the band said that the new album is expected to be punkier than the last album. He also revealed that the band were close to splitting during the time after the second album was released.

The third album, This Is Not The World, will be released May 24, 2008 in the UK. It will be released on May 27 in the US. On April 16, 2008, the video for the second single off of "This Is Not The World" was released.

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