Future Of The Left / Travels With Myself And Another
| Album: | Travels With Myself And Another | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Future Of The Left | Added: | Jul 2009 | |
| Label: | 4AD | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-08-23 | Pull Date: | 2009-10-25 |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 25 | Oct 18 | Oct 4 | Sep 27 | Sep 20 | Sep 13 | Sep 6 | Aug 30 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 30, 2015: | Home on the Range
The Hope That House Built |
4. | May 11, 2012: | Outrun My Gun
Chin Music |
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| 2. | Apr 10, 2014: | The Sunset Life
Arming Eritrea |
5. | Jun 16, 2011: | Fontana Uganda Astoria
The Hope That House Built |
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| 3. | Apr 27, 2013: | Together, or Close Enough
Arming Eritrea |
6. | Nov 24, 2010: | the seductardation of the indie minded-a taste of esquire (mouthwash?)
Stand By Your Manatee |
Album Review
Trent Kay
Reviewed 2009-08-16
Reviewed 2009-08-16
Why does this band kick so much ass? Here’s the follow-up to their 2008 debut Curses -- sadly not as good, but hey, it’s adequately shredding. Bold, scathing, oft-howled male vocals, syncopated drums & ripping guitars. Punk-informed hard rock with a self-mocking isn’t-it-ironic grin. What these guys do in 4/4 astounds me.
Future of the Left are two-thirds ex-McLusky band members (vocalist Andy “Falco” Falkous & drummer Jack Egglestone) and one-third Kelson Mathias (bass), who used to sing for Jarcrew. Apparently they were called Jarclusky for a while. Welsh band, Geordie accent. You figure it out.
Sounds like: Rage Against the Machine. Queens of the Stone Age. To a lesser extent: Anti-Flag, Against Me!, other screamy pit bands. Would someone please play the shit out of this record?
try: 3, 1, 9, 11
FCC: 5, 7, 12
*1. soft, inconspicuous start. crisp yelled vocals: “i’m an adult!”, epic sprawly wall-of-guitar chorus. who the hell is rick?
2. fast. low, driving rudder bass & fierce electric. a screamy, abrasive rocker.
*3. okay, you know the song, “the ants go marching”? evilly bouncy, ploddy white stripes feel. especially the callbacks.
4. upbeat, comparably tame. quirky 8-bit riff, callback chorus. more melodic vocals. i’m hearing art brut (in the a-file)
5. FCC brutal, hard-edge guitar. off-the-beat, disorienting time signature.
6. fast. more sustained, messy demo sound. fuzzier, less prominent vocals.
7. FCC very RATM. hard & heavy burst-apart synth. rude time signature, guitar & drums on same beats. anthemic chorus.
8. happy, boppy. peppy electric riff. normal time signature!
*9. fun, bright. melody-less yelled vocals & scratchy guitar to start. nice doubled vocals / harmonies in chorus. there are handclaps! this song is about... using plastic forks.
10. irregular riff that sounds like a piano exercise. off-the-beat, loony vocals.
*11. dampered scratchy guitar and high, hopscotchy bass line. it’s pronounced like “bike”. i know, i know. if there’s a joke, i have missed it.
12. FCC acoustic guitar and spoken word intro switches to fun, heavy electric midway in. too bad about the FCC, this is an excellent & uncharacteristic track.
Future of the Left are two-thirds ex-McLusky band members (vocalist Andy “Falco” Falkous & drummer Jack Egglestone) and one-third Kelson Mathias (bass), who used to sing for Jarcrew. Apparently they were called Jarclusky for a while. Welsh band, Geordie accent. You figure it out.
Sounds like: Rage Against the Machine. Queens of the Stone Age. To a lesser extent: Anti-Flag, Against Me!, other screamy pit bands. Would someone please play the shit out of this record?
try: 3, 1, 9, 11
FCC: 5, 7, 12
*1. soft, inconspicuous start. crisp yelled vocals: “i’m an adult!”, epic sprawly wall-of-guitar chorus. who the hell is rick?
2. fast. low, driving rudder bass & fierce electric. a screamy, abrasive rocker.
*3. okay, you know the song, “the ants go marching”? evilly bouncy, ploddy white stripes feel. especially the callbacks.
4. upbeat, comparably tame. quirky 8-bit riff, callback chorus. more melodic vocals. i’m hearing art brut (in the a-file)
5. FCC brutal, hard-edge guitar. off-the-beat, disorienting time signature.
6. fast. more sustained, messy demo sound. fuzzier, less prominent vocals.
7. FCC very RATM. hard & heavy burst-apart synth. rude time signature, guitar & drums on same beats. anthemic chorus.
8. happy, boppy. peppy electric riff. normal time signature!
*9. fun, bright. melody-less yelled vocals & scratchy guitar to start. nice doubled vocals / harmonies in chorus. there are handclaps! this song is about... using plastic forks.
10. irregular riff that sounds like a piano exercise. off-the-beat, loony vocals.
*11. dampered scratchy guitar and high, hopscotchy bass line. it’s pronounced like “bike”. i know, i know. if there’s a joke, i have missed it.
12. FCC acoustic guitar and spoken word intro switches to fun, heavy electric midway in. too bad about the FCC, this is an excellent & uncharacteristic track.
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