Michael Head was once famously dubbed 'the best songwriter you've never heard of'. Well, he seems content to embody both parts of that statement. Continuing to produce wonderful material - seriously, check out his second record as Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band - the songwriter forever manages to escape the success which enraptures lesser talent. Originally released in 1998, TheMagical World Of The Strands
is perhaps the songwriter's most enduring statement. Crafted by Michael Head and The Strands, it remains a glorious, baroque pop masterpiece, an ambitious statement which captures that hazy feeling of a deeply English summer.
