Name: 10 Futures
Brand: Aqualung

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

538014022

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

CDx2

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2015-01-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

RTUK

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

4050538014020

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Total Cap

2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Aqualung

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Limited copies come with a bonus remix CD. Matt Hales has made this year's most surprising album. Less a departure from Aqualung's past as a forward-looking fresh start, the aptly-titled '10 Futures' is the sound of an artist gleefully abandoning boundaries, confounding expectations and, most importantly, having fun. '10 Futures' is precisely what it advertises on the tin - ten innovative songs that pursue an adventurous path with no precedent and will be released through BMG Chrysalis. A glance at the album's track list tells the tale. Seven of the ten songs feature guest vocalists; two of those that don't were co-written. As diverse as the list of guests - which range from Lianne La Havas and Luke Sital-Singh to Glaswegian electro trio Prides and art-rock band Sweet Billy Pilgrim - are the styles of music they dip in and out of. From the R&amp;B-meets-TV theme tune madness of first single 'Tape 2 Tape', sung by Joel Compass, and the distortion and strings-accompanied piano ballad 'Seventeens' to the frisky, Paul Simon-meets-Prince pop of 'Shame On Me', featuring Australian singer Josef Salvat, and the choral-influenced ambient beauty of 'Everything'. Second single to be taken from the album will be 'Eggshells', featuring the exquisite voice of Lianne La Havas and has been co-produced by Howard Lawrence. Every song tells a story, but rather than traditional tales of love, life or loss, they are stories of sound (often found sound), of methods of creation and of the process of collaboration.'Heart', which Hales wrote with Micky Ekko, came from a discussion about making your own instruments. The pair took a tom-tom out to the driveway and recorded it, as well as birds and a bit of traffic. That was the loop that started the song and, hence, makes it unique. Hales quotes "lots of sounds were made from other sounds. If you're trying to shed the singer/songwriter skin, the last thing you want is to be playing piano all the time". 10 Futures' really is the sound of Aqualung revived, reinvigorated and fearlessly reinvented.​LP - With CD Version.

10 Futures

Music US