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I while ago we reported about the line-up change of Future of the Left. But what consequences would it have for their sound? Well, now we (kinda) know. The band has released three demo’s at http://futureoftheleft75.official.fm/ The first demo, “I am the least of your problems”, is also available for download.
Although these only give an impression about the direction they’re going, there are some notable changes. The sound is a lot fuller, which tends to happen when you add a guitarist. Also, it’s just guitars and drums, no keys. The songs are also not as stop and go/staccato as we’re used to, but it’s only an impression. Who knows how the rest will sound. But these three already sound pretty damn good.
Frontman Falco has a few amusing words about the demo’s and their plans on their myspace.
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After the demise of Mclusky one of the two bands risen from it’s ashes was Future of the Left. Singer/guitarist Andy ‘Falco’ Falkous and drummer Jack Egglestone recruited Jarcrew’s Kelson Matthias for bass and there it was, a band that kicks even more arsch than Mclusky. But after 5 years and two albums, Kelson has decided to quit the band.
Is this the end of FOTL? Thankfully, no. Falkous on the FOTL website:
Future of the left is still a band, a thing, the centre of our unremarkable lives and continues, if anything, with more effort and furious pride than ever before.
For the time being Steven Hudson (Kong/Oceansize) will be taking over bass. But there is more. FOTL have recorded a few new songs with a fourth member. On the website Falkous writes he was making songs for a side project but “it all ended up sounding so perfectly like where Future of the Left should have been going that it seemed ridiculous to not combine the two.” He has yet to reveal who the fourth member is but his roles are “to play guitar and act like a fucking maniac.”
We’ll have to wait and see with these changes mean for the music of FOTL. But the last big change worked out pretty damn good.
More info at http://www.futureoftheleft.com
Manchasm by Future of the Left
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