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  • Summary: The sixth full-length release for the now Los Angeles-based electro-pop duo was produced by Jona Bechtolt and Rob Kieswetter.
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I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler
I thought the future would be cooler I thought the future would be cooler Crowdsourced cults, all lit up on LED: Next thing you know, you're sipping... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Oct 16, 2015
    80
    People looking for a bit more substance from a band that once made concept albums and instituted its own Belief System might wonder what the heck is going on, but anyone who loves pop music that moves feet, brings smiles, and snaps like bubblegum, and who is also deathly tired of the mainstream, will think I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler is just about the coolest thing around.
  2. Oct 16, 2015
    80
    Future finds YACHT alive in a whole new way, with the group crafting not only some of the best pop of their careers, but of 2015 as a whole.
  3. Dec 2, 2015
    80
    It's a slower burn to catch YACHT's fire. I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler often demands a more careful listen to perceive riches inside those aforementioned innocuous interfaces.
  4. Dec 16, 2015
    65
    On a surface level, I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler--the group's first album to be released by Downtown Records--has some exceptionally catchy moments.... Still, I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler leaves the listener wishing for a little less preaching and a little more grooving.
  5. Dec 7, 2015
    60
    YACHT have consciously positioned themselves as intelligent conceptualists, not wanting to adhere to what's expected of them, and that makes for an interesting amalgam of deep themes set to brazenly outlandish pop styles.
  6. Oct 16, 2015
    60
    Their sixth album is steeped in sci-fi parody.
  7. Q Magazine
    Dec 14, 2015
    40
    The sound of a band running on empty. [Jan 2016, p.115]

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