Pre-Order. You can watch Josh Hodges perform songs from “Future Past Life” recorded live in his basement studio in Portland and listen to our interview above where he traces the unusual origins of the album, talks about pop music’s place in these heavy times, and shares his thoughts on music as meditation. Listen to our interview with STRFKR’s Josh Hodges: Although it was a tenuous connection at best, Hodges reached out to the two Dutchmen, Mathias Janmat and David Hoogerheide. Six years ago, the band’s principal songwriter Josh Hodges was visiting The Netherlands and working on new material for the weirdo Oregon-based electropop outfit that’s garnered a cult following from its jam-filled catalog and party-like live shows. EMUSIC TOKEN.
Hodges and his STRFKR bandmates later decided the material was too good to leave be, and they went to work on fleshing out the existing recordings. Skip to main content BROWSE MUSIC. Dreamy but never dull, Future Past Life is a diversion for the band that still plays to their strengths. Set of 3 soft enamel pins on full-color cardboard backer card. CHARTS. Sign up to get important news and culture from around the Northwest, delivered to your inbox six days a week. Get STRFKR - Future Past Life records, music, merch, and more directly from Polyvinyl in the STRFKR - Future Past Life online store.
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Most notably, the arrangements rely on acoustic guitar as well as synthesizers and bass, while drums for the most part are dialed down. Listen. STRFKR's 2008 self titled is a pretty good synthpop and indie rock blend, but 5 albums later, in my opinion they have never came close to topping that debut album, and Future Past Life is no exception. Variations include "Never the Same," which emphasizes strummed guitar over bass (at least until the third act), and "Palm Reader," a spare, sleepy, Lennon-esque entry that omits the synths.
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While he was there, he recorded with Mathias Janmat and David Hoogerheide, musicians he connected with on the recommendation of his European subletter back in the States. Trippy delay and weary vocals add a dream-like component to its new wave-y atmospheres. Somewhat forgettable and definitely does not live up to their earlier works, but songs like Second Hand, Sea Foam, and Never The Same are catchy in their own way. Unapologetically boring and dismissive rock. But Hodges couldn’t let go of the unfinished songs. STRFKR Future Past Life. The origins of STRFKR's fifth long-player, Future Past Life, date back to before the release of their previous album, Being No One, Going Nowhere, when project leader Josh Hodges spent several months in Amsterdam in 2014. Be a part of it. OPB’s critical reporting is made possible by the power of member support. Buy. It was a fateful decision that resulted in a quick burst of creative output. He returned to the United States with six mostly finished songs and an album’s worth of ideas that he hoped to expand upon with his new collaborators in the following months. Listen. While in Amsterdam, a friend of a friend passed along the contact info of two local musicians who he thought Hodges might get along with. Overall decent album. The origins of STRFKR's fifth long-player, Future Past Life, date back to before the release of their previous album, Being No One, Going Nowhere, when project leader Josh Hodges spent several months in Amsterdam in 2014. Watch. It certainly doesn't feel like a classic to me in their repertoire, but it's still a nice album for the background. To Hodges’ complete surprise, within hours they began a series of songwriting sessions that would result in some of the finest work of his life. “Life happened,” he explained to opbmusic, as both groups of musicians got sidetracked by other projects and the years passed by.
STRFKR's 2008 self titled is. I have dug/do dig/and always will dig their style of synthpop, with this album being no exception. With it’s catchy hooks, wandering synths, and whispered lyrics, it’s unmistakably a STRFKR record. Listen. Buy.
Good job STRFKR...you still have one good album. Elsewhere, "Pink Noise" layers synthesizers, electric guitars, melodic components, orderly rhythms, and noise to gauzy effect, and "Budapest" is a grooving highlight that supplements Hodges' airy vocal melody with a guest appearance by Polyvinyl labelmates Shy Boys.
Pins vary in size between 2.5" to 3". Much of the rest of the album maintains a dancey, somewhat druggy feel connected by a through line of spacy synth timbres and subtle pitch bends. Fans worried that this all sounds a little uninspired may be set at ease by the opening track, "Dear Stranger," which kicks things off with a lively, syncopated bassline, skittering drums, siren, and humming synths. "Future Past Life" by STRFKR. Few works of art have had more random beginnings than the latest record from STRFKR. With it’s catchy hooks, wandering synths, and whispered lyrics, it’s unmistakably a STRFKR record. Future Past Life STRFKR has always been a constantly evolving entity, growing over the years from rambunctious beginnings into the manicured electro-pop perfection they exhibited on their last studio album, 2016’s pristine Being No One, Going Nowhere. Cue Future Past Life, the band’s latest, and the first album by the band where “every song is driven by acoustic guitar.” Long story short: principal songwriter/lead vocalist Josh Hodges met some like-minded musicians in Amsterdam, and, after returning home to the States, decided to build up these songs with his band in his home studio. With Janmat and Hoogerheide’s blessing (and help), Hodges and his STRFKR bandmates Shawn Glassford and Keil Corcoran eventually finished the original songs from the Amsterdam sessions and released them as part of the group’s sixth full-length studio album, “Future Past Life,” earlier this year. The resulting album is a more low-key affair that trades the high-contrast sound of Being No One for something more soft-focus, warped, and weary, while remaining in the realm of hooky synth pop. Abuse of this feature may prevent future contributions from your account. But as Hodges told opbmusic, the Dutch songwriting duo’s fingerprints are all over the album as evidenced by the band’s newfound emphasis on acoustic guitar and lo-fi drums. While he was there, he recorded with Mathias Janmat and David Hoogerheide, musicians he connected with on the recommendation of his European subletter back in the States.