Album Type: EP
Date Released: 08/06/2017
Label: Truthseeker Music
This is another thrilling blend of jarring styles
that Human Future bring together in seamless fashion. Although it is a shame to lose such a
distinctive voice in the UK
“Flat Earth Blues” CD//DD track
listing:
1). IV
2). Swine
3). Axiom
4). None
Shall Survive Through The Churn
5). V
The Review:
Human Future’s new EP “Flat Earth Blues” is a bitter-sweet
affair due to the band’s announcement of their untimely demise shortly after
its release. The UK
Bookended by
two atmospheric keyboard soundscapes, “Flat
Earth Blues” is a captivating journey through wild shifts in mood and
genre. “Swine” begins in dark
post-hardcore territory, an urgent razor-edged groove that comes across like a
heavier Self
Defense Family. The volume and intensity increases until the music
drops away to an ambient cloud of hypnotic repetition and slow-burning
psychedelic lead guitar. This soon erupts into a searing solo as the band
strike into an epic finale that feels like the perfect meeting point between
post-rock and prog.
The other
main attraction here is nine-minute behemoth “None Shall Survive Through The Churn”. This is another thrilling
blend of potentially jarring styles that Human Future bring together in seamless
fashion. The first half of the track shifts between blissed-out choral passages
and huge slabs of widescreen slide-guitar assisted heaviness that come across
like a combination of Envy and Earth. The second half sees
proceedings collapse into glorious controlled chaos, fuelled by some impressive
drumming that teeters on the edge between mathcore complexity and all-out
grindcore fury
“Flat Earth Blues” is a fine parting
gesture from Human
Future. Although it is a shame to lose such a distinctive voice in
the UK
“Flat Earth Blues” is available here
Band info: bandcamp || facebook
