Pillowhead
| Pillowhead (#*?!) | ||||
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| Released | August 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 31 August – 21 September 2004 | |||
| Venues | in a bubble at Federation Square, Melbourne | |||
| Label | Valve | |||
| Producer | Magoo | |||
| Regurgitator chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Pillowhead (#*?!) | ||||
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Pillowhead,[2][1] also known as #*?!, is an extended play by Australian rock band Regurgitator released in August 2005.[3] The EP was supported by a Regurgitator Lives! tour.[4][1]
Background and release
[edit]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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
Track listing
[edit]- "Pretty Girls Swear" – 2:20
- "Sent by God 2 Get U Off" – 4:19
- "The Rock" – 2:30
- "Pillowhead Orchestra" – 33:46
- "Sent by God" (Dub) – 4:30
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[9] | 122 |
Release history
[edit]| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | August 2005[2] | Valve Records | V68 |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Aus Music Scrapbook July 2005". Aus Music Scrapbook. July 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-05-11. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- 1 2 "Australian Released August 2005". ARIA. August 2005. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ↑ "Regurgitator Distractions EP". waterfront records. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ↑ "Regurgitator - Life on the point of an embroidary needle". The Dwarf. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ↑ "Think outside the square". The Age. 24 September 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 232.
- ↑ "Regurgitator announce national tour". The Dwarf. 5 July 2005. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ↑ "CULTURE MUSIC Fully sick". Sydney Morning Herald. 26 August 2005. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ↑ "Regurgitator ARIA chart history to February 2025". ARIA. Retrieved 10 March 2025 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.