All Aboard Future

by These Are Powers

Overview

This Brooklyn-by-way-of-Chicago trio practice an avant branching out of punk-cum-electro that they've described as "ghost punk." And while FUTURE isn't conventionally haunting, its unpredictable glitches and arhythmic tendencies, particularly when buoyed by Anna Barie's dissonant yelps, have a way of staying in your subconscious. Like their peers in Mahjongg and Gang Gang Dance, Powers create atmosphere out of repetitive and often noisy ambience, relying on a sort of recklessly postmodern tribalism. And their tactics are particularly effective on droners like "Light After Sound," which evokes a creepily lo-fi take on Massive Attack with all the lounge-y bombast stripped away.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/17/2009
Label:	Dead Oceans
UPC:	0656605132310
Rank:	116873

Tracks

1. Easy Answers
2. Double Double Yolk
3. Life Of Birds
4. Parallel Shores
5. Light After Sound
6. Adam's Turtle
7. Glass Blocks
8. Sand Tassels
9. Blue Healer

Album Credits

Performance Credits

These Are Powers   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Butchy Fuego   Engineer,Producer,Mixing
Griffin Rodriguez   Mastering
Alex Valentine   Art Direction
Cody Critcheloe   Art Direction
Pat Noecker   Group Member
Bill Salas   Group Member
Daniel Murphy   Layout Design
Anna Barie   Group Member
Sara Willner   Art Direction