Pax Futura

Oliver Future

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2007)
• Original Release Date: July 24, 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.com Sales Rank: #89,692 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

With the long-playing album succumbing to today's single song downloadable world, Oliver Future's "Pax Futura," due July 24, 2007, is refreshingly anachronistic. Filled with mini-suites and recurring themes, Oliver Future and acclaimed producer Adam Lasus have created an album in the biggest sense of the word. From the first winsome notes of opener "The Many Things I Am Aware Of," to the manic closer "The Slow Fast," the record brims with intensity and highlights the band's impressive range. Songs fade into each other like scenes from a film as frontman Noah Lit muses on topics such as the apocalypse, politics, failed romance and natural disaster. Oliver Future has rapidly made a name for itself in its adopted hometown of L.A, winning over locals as well as influential radio DJ and music supervisor Chris Douridas, who has had them play live on his KCRW show, "Higher Ground." Digipak.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Walt Twain - See all my reviews

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pax Futura in my 2007 top 10, September 21, 2007

By	Linda H. Cohen "Indie rokr" (los angeles) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Pax Futura is one of my Fav cd's of the year.
Oliver Future have super catchy tunes and have made a record that flows seamlessly like Sgt. Pepper and is sonically satisfying like ok computer or any flaming lips record.
The band has some bouncy grooves like talking heads but also have a motown thing going on songs like "Stranger Than The Stranger"
Oliver Future is my Favorite new band and I think they will be yours too.

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

By	DW (chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

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]