Year Future
A noise-oriented punk band with some artsy experimental tendencies, Year Future leavens their screamo attack with unexpected elements like heavy dub basslines and gothy keyboard textures, with influences ranging from Fugazi and early Sonic Youth to Public Image Ltd. and Dead Can Dance. Something of a post-hardcore supergroup, Year Future is led by singer and lyricist Sonny Kay, formerly of Angel Hair and the VSS and also the owner of the estimable Gold Standard Labs label, home of the Mars Volta and others. Kay formed {$Year Futu...[more]
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VINYL FORMAT. Year Future is a Los Angeles-based quartet comprised of vocalist Sonny Kay (The Vss, Angel Hair), guitarist Rockey Crane (Dead and Gone, Creeps on Candy), bassist Sam Ott (The Fucking Angels), and drummer Jim Anderson (The Pattern, Blackfork, Talk Is Poison). All four members spent years living in Oakland/Berkeley before one-by-one winding up in L.A. Year Future play nihilistic, foundation-shaking punk rock not unlike that of the DEAD KENNEDYS and JOY DIVISION, married by the familiar contrib [ read more ]
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YEAR FUTURE is a Los Angeles-based quartet comprised of vocalist Sonny Kay (THE VSS, ANGEL HAIR), guitarist Rockey Crane (DEAD AND GONE, CREEPS ON CANDY), bassist Sam Ott (THE FUCKING ANGELS), and drummer Jim Anderson (THE PATTERN, BLACKFORK, TALK IS POISON). All four members spent years living in Oakland and Berkeley before one-by-one winding up in L.A. The band plays nihilistic, foundation-shaking punk rock not unlike that of the DEAD KENNEDYS and JOY DIVISION.
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Year Future are a Los Angeles quartet with two prior GSL releases and First World Fever is their debut full-length. The band is comprised of GSL founder Sonny Kay (vocals; ex-Angel Hair, The VSS), guitarist Rockey Crane (ex-Dead and Gone), and the newly revamped rhythm section of Pete Lyman (bass) and Chris Hathwell (drums; also a member of Palm Pictures artists Moving Units). The 11-song album was recording in Los Angeles in autumn 2005, shortly before the band embarked on their second European tour [ read more ]
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The Hidden Hand is the second EP from YEAR FUTURE. The release of the EP is timed to coincide with the band's European tour (August September), including dates supporting VAZ, SOME GIRLS and THE OATH. The Hidden Hand includes 3 new tracks: "Nature Unveiled" (a commentary on prescription-drug dependency and the relative economics, not to mention a blatant CURRENT 93 reference poking fun at the bands so-called "goth" tendencies); "Police Yourself" (navigating middle-America's preoccupation with [ read more ]
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Year Future are a Los Angeles quartet with two prior GSL releases and First World Fever is their debut full-length. The band is comprised of GSL founder Sonny Kay (vocals; ex-Angel Hair, The VSS), guitarist Rockey Crane (ex-Dead and Gone), and the newly revamped rhythm section of Pete Lyman (bass) and Chris Hathwell (drums; also a member of Palm Pictures artists Moving Units). The 11-song album was recording in Los Angeles in autumn 2005, shortly before the band embarked on their second European tour [ read more ]
MP3 $9.99
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The Hidden Hand is the second EP from YEAR FUTURE. The release of the EP is timed to coincide with the band's European tour (August September), including dates supporting VAZ, SOME GIRLS and THE OATH. The Hidden Hand includes 3 new tracks: "Nature Unveiled" (a commentary on prescription-drug dependency and the relative economics, not to mention a blatant CURRENT 93 reference poking fun at the bands so-called "goth" tendencies); "Police Yourself" (navigating middle-America's preoccupation with [ read more ]
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YEAR FUTURE is a Los Angeles-based quartet comprised of vocalist Sonny Kay (THE VSS, ANGEL HAIR), guitarist Rockey Crane (DEAD AND GONE, CREEPS ON CANDY), bassist Sam Ott (THE FUCKING ANGELS), and drummer Jim Anderson (THE PATTERN, BLACKFORK, TALK IS POISON). All four members spent years living in Oakland and Berkeley before one-by-one winding up in L.A. The band plays nihilistic, foundation-shaking punk rock not unlike that of the DEAD KENNEDYS and JOY DIVISION.
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The first full-length by Year Future, led by Gold Standard Labs head honcho Sonny Kay, primarily consists of standard-issue GSL post-hardcore in the vein of Kay's previous bands Angel Hair and the VSS. The guitars are loud, the drums are furious, the vocals are incomprehensibly shouty, and the song structures are fragmented in the now-familiar post-hardcore fashion, such as the stop-on-a-dime breaks in the opening "The Hidden Hand." As a result, First World Fever will be com [ read more ]
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