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The gleeful squelches on ‘Life Of Birds’ might sound like a cheery Game Boy--but, next to the sinister electro-chill of the rest of the record, it’s a nursery rhyme.
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These Are Powers are trying to find their way while building their form as formless as possible.
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The result is a thrilling, hyperpercussive collection of laptop ditties mixed so cleverly that they'll sound great ticking through earbuds or booming out of dad's trusty Cerwin-Vegas.
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UncutAlthough less exhausting than their debut, "Terrific Sounds," this remains an attention-demanding record. [Apr 2009, p.101]
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Alternative PressAll Aboard Future--for all its dystopian doom--somehow shakes out as the first truly modern punk record of 2009. [Apr 2009, p.133]
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Their catchier material that front-loads the record is so distinct and stunning, however, that it's hard not to be left wanting more after those opening tracks.
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if you thought you had a handle on TAP, All aboard Future throws out almost all of the signifiers that would suggest Liars, and reaches back to the late-1970s / early-1980s futurists (This Heat, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle) as much as any contemporaries (Black Dice, Gang Gang Dance, Animal Collective).