Future Kult’s self-named debut album is available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music. PHOTO CREDIT: Bandcamp.com
The Cardiff, Wales and Berlin, Germany based duo Future Kult released their self-titled debut album filled with unique sounds and obscure messages.
I have never heard about Future Kult before, and their music is quite uncommon. I really don’t know how else to describe it other than that. The songs on this album are interesting, and they each have their own eccentric sound to them. The entire album itself was pretty good and something that a broad audience might enjoy listening to.
Future Kult opted for a self-titled album to kick off their full-length release repertoire. This album consists of nine songs in total, and for a total run of 34 minutes and six seconds, the duo explores their own personal life through their songs.
“Luciferian Gods” was my favorite song on the album, along with “Beasts With No Name.” They both had a cool beat to them and the lyrics were good; not great but they were better than the other songs’ lyrics. I liked the 1970s retro vibe of “Luciferian Gods” and the 1980s energy of “Beasts With No Name.”
The beginning of “Red Sands” sounds similar to the theme for “The Legend of Zelda,” which I really liked. This song is also the longest on the album, running nearly six minutes. After about a minute, the drums and guitar come in and make this song sound like the others, but with a more eerie tone.
“Hidalgo” is quite the opener. It sounds like it comes straight out of a superhero movie, and then it goes into a sort of a Western vibe to it as the song goes on. The lyrics repeat themselves, but other than that it’s a very catchy song. The instrumentals of this song are honestly so amazing and well-coordinated. This song also has a music video to it, and the video was quite interesting and mystical in itself.
“The Wolf” and “Hounds in a Storm” had a good beat to them, but other than that they were just alright. The beginning of both songs were similar in the sense that it kept a monotone beat, and then near the end of both songs, it picked up a lot faster. The music video for “Hounds in a Storm” was peculiar and also investing at the same time.
I also felt this way for “Is This War” and “Endgames,” the final songs off this album. They both had similar sounds and vibes to them. They were just very similar to me, although “Is This War” didn’t have any lyrics; it was just an instrumental track.
“My Brothers and Me” reminds me of the soundtrack to a horror movie. The beat was very frightening in a sense. It sort of felt like Michael Myers was going to come out of nowhere and just murder everyone.
This song also had a music video with it, and it was a very ghostly video. It was a very beautiful video with all the colorful lights, and the other aspects of the video were enjoyable to watch. The beat of this song also picked up near the end and had more of an EDM vibe to it which I really enjoyed.
I thought that this album was very out-there in a way, but I think a good chunk of people would love this collection. This type of music is something that I would never listen to, and it was something that I actually enjoyed listening to and reviewing. I would definitely check this album out if you like bizarre music and videos.