Myths of the Near Future

Derivative and boring mid-aught indie rock. Trying hard not to be Franz Ferdinand/the Strokes/Interpol/Etc. and they just become a mush of sounds that don’t work.

Met wat elektronische hulp ontstaan aanstekelijke ritmes, soms versterkt dat staccato zang. Wat bijgeluiden her en der, die wat geforceerd lijken, maar toch passen. Dat geldt wellicht ook voor de zang. Het geheel maakt dat ik de band de af en toe klinkende punk-uitspattingen vergeef.

I'm into this.

HL: "Gravity's Rainbow", "Two Receivers", "As Above, So Below", "Forgotten Works"

neat
Even though "new rave", as the wiki describes it, mostly comes across as "loud & kinda annoying", there's still a lot I enjoyed about this.
There may come a day where I complain about finding a new 2000s indie rock outfit, but we're not there yet

October 4, 2023

This album is really cool sounding, it feels like nothing else I've ever heard. Sure, that does equate to a lot of it just coming off as harsh noise and not something I'd listen to casually all the time, but this does feel like a natural evolution of much of the music that was being made out of the UK in the 90s and early 00s. It's like some really heavy metal, but lightened up with some alternative dust and synths to make it more appealing, and it works. Could see myself liking this more on a future listen, so I'll get ahead of the curb and give this a solid score now.

Tykkäsin kyl tästä yllättävän paljon, vaikka olikin taas yks uus brittilevy. 3/5

This album vacillated between annoying and acceptable to me.

The singles avoid it being a 1, garbage. I saw them live before they launched the album and being heavily hyped, and didn't think much of them back then - hasn't aged well at all, just a band with few ideas

I'm thoroughly enjoying the bouncy energy that album just breathes.
I'm a big fan of their lyrical flirtation with the mystical and sci-fi.
Musically it reminds me of a lot of bands I really like, from TV On The Radio to Arctic Monkeys and from Infidels to Franz Ferdinand.

So why is this album not clicking with me? It's got all the ingredients to be an evergreen on my playlists.

But 4 listens over the last 24 hours, in my living room to dance, on my headphones to listen, and again while driving, it never got further than a little headnodding and appreciating the lyrics.

Can't explain it, can't put my finger on it. This album just doesn't do it for me.