Head Trip in Every Key is the second studio album by the alternative/punk rock band Superdrag. Following the success of the band's debut album Regretfully Yours (1996) and its hit single "Sucked Out", the band's record label, Elektra Records, gave Superdrag a larger recording budget and less studio interference on the condition that they would record more radio-friendly songs. Head Trip in Every Key was recorded in three months at Sound City Studios with producer Jerry Finn. Upon hearing the finished album, Elektra sent Superdrag back to the studio to record more accessible material, leading to the addition of two more songs to the album. Released on March 24, 1998, Head Trip in Every Key received strong reviews from critics. However, Elektra refused to promote the album and offered little touring support for the band, resulting in Superdrag only being able to promote the album for six months. Head Trip in Every Key is the band's final album with Elektra, as the band would leave the label the following year. In 2014, a vinyl version of the album was released through SideOneDummy Records. History After the surprising success of the band's 1996 album Regretfully Yours, they were given more financial support from their recording label Elektra Records, on the condition that they created more radio-friendly songs. It was co-produced (along with the band) by Jerry Finn. The album was recorded at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, CA. The music, contrary to previous recordings by the band, contained a combination of string orchestras, pianos, sitars, organs, and other out-of-the-ordinary instrumentation. The label believed that the intent of the band was to go purposely against their will with the overall sound of the album and not create any "hit songs," and did not expect the fully orchestrated sound the band conveyed on this album. (The band has admitted as much later that they were taking advantage of the money Elektra provided to them in order to create the best studio album they could, regardless of the label's demands for radio hits, knowing that they might never have that kind of funding again.) Two singles, "Do the Vampire" and "Hellbent", were released as singles from the album. As the songs on Head Trip in Every Key were not of the radio hit calibre that they had been expecting from the band, Elektra refused to promote the album, and reallocated the album's music