We had Math-Rock on Thursday, Grindcore on Friday and, of course, we now we got “Cinematic” Electronica with elements of classic movies and scores for you! Listen to Future Drugs debut release Past Warnings of Present Futures through our premiere of the day!
Well, this trifecta of premieres these three days in a row once again shows that we do not really care here at VoS about what kind of stuff it is, as long as it’s really good. And this release by Future Drugs surely is – in its own diabolical way. Diabolical in the sense of “mean”, not of “satanic”, because here we witness a classic song being taken apart, reassembled again and surely turned into something completely new. Roughly 1,5 years ago we were happy to give you the premiere of All Are To Return’s Drift-release, now one of the guys behind that apocalyptic score to a non-existent movie allowed us to premiere this new record three days ahead of its release. And what should I say – the cinematic elements and nature is still there but this time it’s less Children of Men, Saw or some horrifying movies it’s more of an underlying trepidation created through various hints at classic movies, whether it is a clear Terminator-moment with some industrial beats, or some classic Carpenter-ideas or even some small notions of Vangelis and his highly influential Synth-scores. Even the opening part of this seven-part EP (with slightly over 15 minutes running time) is a nod to a classic movie: It’s a cover version of Louis Armstrong’s ”What A Wonderful World” which was used in many movies, and one of them most noticeably was surely Good Morning Vietnam. Whether all of these references were intentional, but they are there; for me at least and that also leads me to what I feel, when listening to Future Drugs – it’s dark, it’s haunting, it’s like those well-made early horror flics, where you “see” nothing, but this feeling of oppression, of not-knowing is definitely there and the chills you get when listening to the record is visible via the goosebumps on your arms. You dare to enter the darkness behind you? Well, be welcome if you find in. Oh and maybe you also hear Golum in one of the tracks.
Via the project’s Bandcamp page you can purchase the record digitally and now feel free to move into shadows behind you.
