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- Summary: This is the second album for the electronic artist from Rhode Island.
- Record Label: DFA
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Electronic
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Positive: 15 out of 22
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Mixed: 7 out of 22
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The Future Will Come is, by and large, a fun ride, all squiggly synth wah-wahs, airy vocal coos, and funked-up drums that beg for--and sometimes, as on the giddy closer 'Happy House,' deliver--more cowbell.
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Some of the 80s references take a few listens until they stop sounding goofy, and MacLean’s deadpan vocals occasionally grate next to Whang’s light and floating tone, but once your ears adjust, there’s a lot to appreciate.
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It’s Dionysian disco: dynamic, decadent and utterly brilliant.
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The Future Will Come blooms incrementally, driven from the ground by the grittiest keyboard performance heard on a dance album in some time.
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Add the pipes of Nancy Whang on most tracks--giving Future a boy-girl dynamic--and there's a distinct suggestion that the Juan MacLean might just become the Human League after all.
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After missing the mark with his robotic, soulless 2005 debut, Juan comes to life on this follow–up, giving us stretched–out, club–wrecking grooves.
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The Future Will Come sticks too closely to a familiar middle ground that might be functional for the dance floor but ultimately offers diminishing returns in other settings.
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