Headstones
Flight Risk
(Known Accomplice)
3.5/5
It’s amazing how little recognition Headstones have received through decades of good music. Their debut Picture of Health went platinum despite never charting. The band was left for dead and resurrected their career with 2013’s crowdfunded Love + Fury. Now, nearly 30 years in, the band has released their 10th album, Flight Risk.
Once again, the band blends driving guitar with punk rock danceability, a fuck-you attitude, and Hugh Dillon’s unmistakeable voice, which, as anticipated, results in another great record. Coming in like a freight train, radio single “Everything or Nothing” sets the tone, while Dillon’s storytelling mastery is demonstrated on “Tangled,” and the album rounds out well, closing with the experimental “Rink.”
Headstones has become an institution, not through marketing and promotion, but by staying true to their sound. Flight Risk meets their lofty standards and will likely be remembered as one of the band’s best records.