As For the Future released its self-titled and self-produced debut full-length album on June 14, 2024 via download, streaming and on 12” LP vinyl and deluxe edition CD (with alternate mixes, dub versions of tracks and other edits). The music is inspired by Brazilian music incorporating various styles (bossa nova, samba, Música popular brasileira) and combining them with rock, jazz, folk and soul to create a sound that is both familiar and like a retrofuturist film soundtrack set in South America but performed in underground clubs in America. The lyrics are at once personal, surreal and wryly humorous and incisive in its socio-political commentary like a Tropicália edition of Steely Dan along with the intricate and sophisticated instrumentation and songwriting for late night lounge listening. With songs written by band founder and multi-instrumentalist David Nagler, the As For the Future album has classic pop aesthetics and attention to sonic detail fused with modern cultural sensibilities that resonate with the subversive ways Brazilian music has been employed in the past.
Listen to our interview with David Nagler on Bandcamp and follow As For the Future at the links below.
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