Pax Futura

Oliver Future | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Transit Of Venus/Fireproof Recordings
• ASIN: B000QW6XU8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,773 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Quite Strong, December 15, 2007

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Walt Twain - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pax Futura (Audio CD)

I'll try to sum this up as a real music critic would, "Oliver Future is the rare band that complexity and scale befit." Pax Futura's best cuts are its most dense and textured offerings(Signing Off, The Second, Drowning Parade, The Reclamation, The Slow Fast). Dystopian and bittersweet, alienated and optimistic, the album's got a helluvalotta what's good and true. This is damn good music.

As more of a cynic than a critic, I believe most rock music emerges from one of two primary sources:

1. The musician's self-serving desire to:
a) wear tight clothes and get chicks otherwise out of his league
b) express largely worthless sentiments

2. A market demand for largely worthless sentiments set to an acceptable soundtrack.

Whether by accident or design, Oliver Future is making music that can't be explained by either condition. Their music is truly valuable in this sense. It exists outside of the mundane realm of getting laid, being an "artist" or getting paid. That's probably why these guys succeed where most fail; the more Oliver Future blows out its sound the better it gets.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Well-Constructed Shambles, April 17, 2009

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DW (chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pax Futura (Audio CD)

Pax Futura is a well-constructed shambles. You never know what you'll hear next. It's old. It's new. It's melodic. It's noisy. It's indie. Outstanding tracks include 'Stranger Than the Stranger', 'The Slow Fast' and 'Happiness Machine'. You can't go wrong.

[DW]

4.0 out of 5 stars Indie Music at its Best 4.5 stars, November 7, 2008

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Kurtis R. Reed (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pax Futura (Audio CD)

One of the best Indie bands to make music that reflects many generations and genre's. I stumbled across this at the used record store and bought it for a few bucks. Well worth more, than money. This is one of my favorite finds for the year. Well focused and well produced, taking Indie to a place that is funny in a serious way. I can hear David Byrne, School of Language, Magic Arm and Boy Eats Drum Machine. I wouldn't be surprised if this was a British band because it is very original. I only give 5 stars to things I consider a masterpiece, this is close, really 4.5 stars. Just pure fun. Reminds me of tripping around San Francisco and some sunshine pops down from above.