Terminal head straddle the boundary between dance music and “band” music, and whilst this can be a hindrance to the group as they can’t be fitted into the neat little boxes record companies and outlets like, I think Terminal Head will manage to capture an audience, and hopefully go far.

They have been compared to the Prodigy, but I think that’s an unfair comparison. Terminal Head’s ‘Weekend Warriors’ is poignant, witty, and clever, yet still manages to be very listenable and danceable. The Prodigy are good at making a superficial impact, but I think Terminal Head will be a lot more durable than the Prodigy.

Terminal Head are clever in their music and lyrics, commenting on the dance music scene without sermonising. They represent a variety of styles in their tunes, running the gamut of breakbeat sounds, whilst giving it their own distinctive sound. Tunes like Weekend Warriors and The Scene make a comment on the dance music industry. P.Y.O. talks about a Persistent Young Offender who’s in constant trouble with the law, in an intelligent and thoughtful way.

How Does It Feel has a distinctive punk feel to it, whilst What Time Is It? and Headstrong are hard break tunes that will pound the dancefloor. Dubious is a wonderful piece of dance dub, and Poison is like a Massive Attack tune. My favourite tune is Beats, Rhymes and Flavour, which is a cranking breakbeat dancefloor tune that needs to be played at the loudest possible volume.

I have a bad feeling that as people focus on the similarities between Terminal Head and The Prodigy that they’ll miss the differences, and write them off as wanna-be’s. However, while the similarities exist, it’s a shallow comparison and and Terminal Head should be allowed to stand on their own as great dance music artists.