Future of the Left : Polymers Are Forever EP

Future of the Left improve with every release....
Future of the Left : Polymers Are Forever EP
8.7 PID
2011 

Future of the Left : Polymers Are Forever EP Future of the Left improve with every release – Curses was a great start, and Travels With Myself and Another saw them really come into their own.  On their latest release, the little EP Polymers Are Forever, they really show that they have even more room to improve.

2010 spelled the end of founding member Kelson Mathias’ time with Future of the Left, but while Mathias was the founder, Andy Falkous and Jack Egglestone are still the backbone of the band.  The change seems to have helped the group turn a corner with the newly acquired Jimmy Watkins on guitar, and Julia Ruzicka on bass & keyboards.  These new additions bring out some interesting sides to Falkous and Egglestone’s deranged, stomping, anti-culture anthems.

The first, and title, track starts with all the same signals of any Future of the Left album, but by the halfway point the song shifts to a brilliant groove that is the most impressive two minutes to come out of Falkous and Egglestone since their mcclusky days.  “With Apologies To Emily Pankhurst” is Falkous and Egglestone back in their groove, shouting lines like, “I like my women like I like my money, in my pocket,” and “I fear most women like I fear tomorrow, absolutely,” over hyper-speed drums.

After that they hit a solid, if strangely restrained, peak with “News Adventures” and “My Wife Is Unhappy”, the latter of which is the best ballad the band has ever written.  “Dry Hate” comes off like a declaration of suburban war, and the final song, “destroywhitchurch.com.” is a bookend almost as brilliant as “Polymers Are Forever”.  Its spiralling start devolves into the perfect come down song that is necessary by the end of any Future of the Left album, which always feels like a workout.

One of the best things about Future of the Left is that they really don’t have any peers, so they can just take the band in any direction they like.  The chops they show off on Polymers Are Forever make it seem like anything is possible on their upcoming releases.  If you are currently putting together your list of albums to get in 2012, be sure to have The Plot Against Common Sense on it.

MP3 Stream: “Polymers Are Forever

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