Futurist – Olive Mountain

Futurist - Olive Mountain

Futurist band present their new single, ‘Olive Mountain’

Colorado-born, Brooklyn-based alt/psych band, Futurist, share “Olive Mountain” in anticipation of their new album, Omens, due out September 27, 2019. Led by central songwriter, Curtis Peel, the project features psychedelic rock and earnest songwriting, achieving a sound best described as “future-classic.” By virtue of experimentation, a multimedia vision, and an energetic delivery, Futurist creates a wall of sound that ignites audiences with their own style and modern mythology.

When asked about the inspiration and message behind “Olive Mountain,” Peel candidly revealed that “This song is about shrugging off the outrage culture of today, both in interpersonal relationships, as well as society at large… It’s a play on how everyone is perpetually angry about the state of the world with very little awareness of their own contributions.”

Futurist release their first record, War Is Yesterday (2011) through a multimedia, interactive art installation and interdisciplinary album release event. Futurist teamed up with some of New York City’s most innovative young artists to create both an interactive walk-through album and interdisciplinary live performance of the record. With appeal for both lovers of space-age and vintage, Futurist has been likened to the visions of Flaming Lips, Pink Floyd, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, My Morning Jacket, and Spoon. The group are known for their associations with folk-lore and psychedelia, with elements of this culture permeating the group’s instrumentation, effects, and composition.

During the extended break following the release of War Is Yesterday, Futurist have undergone some substantive changes in their overall aesthetic and collaborators. Departing from their light-hearted, indie folk-rock sounds from their debut, the band have clearly developed some deeper and more nuanced styles that are featured throughout their sophomore record, Omens. Living truer to form, the album is more technologically ambitious, through tracks such as “Slow Motion,” “Bad Air, Still Water,” and the harrowing and experimental “Harakiri, Futurist have embraced their modern tools to create a hybrid of sound, both classic and forward-moving. Peel’s lyrics on songs such as “Olive Mountain,” “Crazy Eights,” and the symphonic “Behold! (Lullaby for the End of Days)” all touch upon the modern malaise and compulsive outrage that plagues an era of instant gratification and nonstop news cycles. All the while the childlike rock anthem “Born on Fire” or the punch-drunk “All I Ever Wanted” prove that the band has not lost touch with their optimistic roots. Both the production and range of this record are the very omens that hint at where this band is headed.

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