Plainhead - You Are More Than A Thousand Words (Vinyl LP) PRE-ORDER

Expected Release Date: 06-March-2026 - This Pre-order will be shipped on or just before this date. Release dates are subject to alteration.

‘You Are More Than A Thousand Words‘ is a romantic gesture dedicated to the stars and the people we hold close to our hearts, a subtle mix of chamber pop, experimental acoustic indie and 00s indietronics.

FFO: Phil Elverum, The Notwist, The American Analog Set.

plainhead is the project by Tianping Christoph Xiao, who founded new basement together with his friends trying to build a sustainable music scene in Munich. Today on a monthly basis, a wide international spectrum of music is being introduced via new basement, hosting artists in Munich such as Chanel Beads,
Milan W., Able Noise, Water From Your Eyes and more.

plainhead has played alongside artists such as Quade, Contacto and other contemporary artists interested in the acoustic post-rock idealism - a similar breeze as Bristol’s 90s / 00s community scene surrounding Movietone, Crescent and other musical idealists. Plainhead also plays clarinet on the new the Notwist album ‚News From Planet Zombie‘, as well as on the new Hallway album, where he also acts as a producer and recording engineer.

The live composition of plainhead also contains members of post-rock group Shā Mò (沙漠)and instrumental collective Hallway and is being represented by the booking agency puschen.net

4 songs of the album are being featured in the short film ‘HEAVY DOORS, SOUR TIMES’ by artist & film maker Hanne Kaunicnik: A coming of age film based on the scripts and notes of a teenage director about their musician friend. Conceived through a night's dream, filmed and edited between 2021 and 2025.

Tracklist: You Have The Key To The Whole World, Like It Was A Windy Summer, The Stars, Game Changer, I Caught The Horizon, All I Felt Was The Sand I Carried To Bed, Can’t Get Anything From A Good Time, Everything Rain, Sun & Moon, Day-Ending Thought.