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The Future Is Your Past

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The Future Is Your Past
A colorful drawing of a missile vehicle
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 10, 2023 (2023-02-10)
StudioBerlin, Germany
GenrePsychedelic rock[1]
Length39:15
LanguageEnglish
LabelA Records
ProducerAnton Newcombe
The Brian Jonestown Massacre chronology
Fire Doesn't Grow on Trees
(2022)
The Future Is Your Past
(2023)

The Future Is Your Past is the twentieth studio album by American psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released on February 10, 2023 through A Records.

Reception

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According to the review aggregator Metacritic, The Future Is Your Past received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 69 out of 100 from five critic scores.[2] Writing for Clash Music, Nick Roseblade gave this album an 8 out of 10, writing that "every song is absolutely fantastic" and calling it the band's best album in many years and continuing that it "feels like the start of a golden age of The Brian Jonestown Massacre".[1] John Aizlewood of Mojo scored this release 3 out of 5 stars, praising individual tracks, but complaining that the album contains filler.[3] An 8.0 out of 10 was given by The Spill Magazine's Ljubinko Zivkovic, stating that the songs "sound like a band at their most potent".[4] Dan Gourlay of Under the Radar wrote that this album "embraces a multitude of styles and genres without ever allowing itself to be pigeonholed by any particular one" and rated it an 8 out of 10.[5]

Track listing

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  1. "Do Rainbows Have Ends" – 3:23
  2. "Nothing Can Stop the Sound" – 3:29
  3. "The Light Is About to Change" – 4:25
  4. "Fudge" – 4:31
  5. "Cross Eyed Gods" – 3:21
  6. "As the Carousel Swings" – 4:58
  7. "The Mother of All Fuckers" – 4:49
  8. "All the Feels" – 3:09
  9. "Your Mind Is My Cafe" – 2:26
  10. "Stuck to Yous" – 4:44

Personnel

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The Brian Jonestown Massacre

  • Hákon Aðalsteinsson – guitar
  • Anton Newcombe – lead vocals, guitar
  • Uri Rennert – drums

Additional personnel

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Roseblade, Nick (February 8, 2023). "The Brian Jonestown Massacre – The Future Is Your Past". Reviews. Clash Music.
  2. ^ "The Future Is Your Past by The Brian Jonestown Massacre Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  3. ^ Aizlewood, John (March 2023). Bulley, Jenny (ed.). "Filter Albums". Mojo Filter. Mojo. No. 352. p. 92. ISSN 1351-0193.
  4. ^ Zivkovic, Ljubinko (February 17, 2023). "Spill Album Review: The Brian Jonestown Massacre – The Future Is Your Past". The Spill Magazine.
  5. ^ Gourlay, Dan (March 30, 2023). "Brian Jonestown Massacre: The Future Is Your Past (A Recordings)". Music. Under the Radar.
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