Pillowhead Explained

Pillowhead (#*?!)
Type:EP
Artist:Regurgitator
Cover:Pillowhead_by_Regurgitator.png
Recorded:31 August – 21 September 2004
Venue:in a bubble at Federation Square, Melbourne
Label:Valve Records
Producer:Magoo
Prev Title:Mish Mash!
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Love and Paranoia
Next Year:2007

Pillowhead, also known as #*?!, is an extended play by Australian rock band Regurgitator released in August 2005.[1] The EP was supported by a Regurgitator Lives! tour.[2] [3]

Background and release

In August 2004, Regurgitator relocated to Federation Square, Melbourne, as part of Foxtel 's Australian music channel, Channel V's Band in a Bubble program, in which the band entered a small glass recording studio while the public could watch the band work, or tune into a 24-hour digital cable television channel.[4] This recording session resulted in the band's fifth studio album Mish Mash!, which was released in November 2004 and peaked at number 52 on the ARIA charts.[5] The session were productive, with the group recording far more material than was required, and it was decided to release the excess material on an EP titled #*?! in August 2005.[6] Band member Peter Kostic explained "#*?! is the stuff that didn't go on the album, because we didn't have room and didn't want to do a double album. We decided to hold onto it and release it later."

Amongst the usual fusion of pop, rock, hip-hop and electronica is a 34-minute ambient piece, "Pillowhead Orchestra"; Kostic said "We did that really late one night in the bubble... It was a Friday or Saturday night and there were a lot of people just hanging around outside. Part of it was to just put on a weird show for them.[7]

Track listing

  1. "Pretty Girls Swear" - 2:20
  2. "Sent By God 2 Get U Off" – 4:19
  3. "The Rock" - 2:30
  4. "Pillowhead Orchestra" – 33:46
  5. "Sent By God" (Dub) – 4:30

Notes and References

  1. Web site: REGURGITATOR DISTRACTIONS EP . waterfront records. 7 October 2019.
  2. Web site: Regurgitator - Life on the point of an embroidary needle. The Dwarf . 3 August 2005. 9 October 2019.
  3. Web site: Aus Music Scrapbook July 2005 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090511005556/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/15176/20090511-0000/www.ausmusicscrapbook.com/musicnewscdbe.html?id=1300. dead. 2009-05-11. Aus Music Scrapbook. July 2005. 7 October 2019.
  4. Web site: Think outside the square. The Age. 24 September 2004 . 7 October 2019.
  5. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf. 232.
  6. Web site: Regurgitator announce national tour. The Dwarf. 5 July 2005. 7 October 2019.
  7. Web site: CULTURE MUSIC Fully sick . Sydney Morning Herald. 26 August 2005. 7 October 2019.
  8. Web site: Australian Released August 2005. ARIA. August 2005. 9 October 2019.