Future Generations (band)
Future Generations | |
|---|---|
| Origin | New York, NY |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2011-present |
| Labels | Frenchkiss Records |
| Members | Eddie Gore Devon Sheridan Mike Sansevere Eric Grossman Dylan Wells |
Future Generations is an electro indie-pop band based in Brooklyn, NY.
Biography[edit]
Future Generations was formed by Eddie Gore, Eric Grossman, and Mike Sansevere, who met the first week of their freshman year at Fordham University in Bronx, NY in 2011,[1] when they ran into each other by chance in their dorm building's shared practice room.[2] Gore met Devon Sheridan in line to buy tickets for a school dance their junior year and asked him to play bass in the band.[3] They recruited Dylan Wells from a Craigslist ad in 2016.[1] Currently, all five members live together in a four-bedroom apartment in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.[2]
Gore is the main songwriter and lyricist but all five members of the band contribute sounds, rhythms, and arrangements.[4] The quintet started out calling themselves "The Suits", but after they were contacted by another band with that name, they changed their name to Future Generations.[2]
Gore posted some of the band's songs online[3] where they were discovered by the label, Frenchkiss Records.[4] Frenchkiss put out their Polysun EP in 2014.[2] The eponymous debut album was released July 2016.[5] Atwood Magazine called the album "universally appealing" and said, of the single "Stars," "its catchy tune and fast-pace mask its hidden depth."[5] Popmatters said the single "Coast" "recalls the flawlessly nonchalant rock of Two Door Cinema Club and Future Generations’ Frenchkiss labelmates Passion Pit."[6]
With producer Justin Gerrish (Vampire Weekend, Hamilton Leithauser),[7] they recorded 11 songs in 11 days[4] for their second album, Landscape, which focuses on themes of love, loss, and perseverance.[1] The album was received positively by critics, with Blackbook taking note of the band's “lush synths, sumptuous harmonies and infectious hooks,”[8] Ones To Watch saying they "display a wealth of hooky melodies, which is immediately accessible for the listener at hand,"[9] and Atwood Magazine calling Landscape "A proper, fully realized album... immersively warm, charmingly upbeat, thoughtfully engaging and sonically distinctive."[10] PopMatters called their single "Out Loud" "a hooky, carefree, sophisticated slice of synthpop."[11]
Discography[edit]
- Polysun EP (2014)
- Future Generations (2016)
- Landscape (2018)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Future Generations | Interview and Q+A | New album Landscape | GigList". GigList. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ a b c d "New Music: Future Generations are BK musical roommates". Brokelyn. 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ a b "Out of Town Films - Future Generations "Stars" & "This Place We Go"". outoftownfilms.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ a b c "Music Interview: Mike Sansevere of Future Generations | The Young Folks". www.theyoungfolks.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ a b "Anxious Minds Think Alike: The Voice of Future Generations - Atwood Magazine". 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ Rivitz, Will (17 Jun 2016). "Future Generations - "Coast" (audio) (premiere)". Popmatters. Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
- ^ "Future Generations - Landscape (Frenchkiss) | God Is In The TV". God Is In The TV. 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "BLACKBOOK PREMIERE: Future Generations' Lush Synth-Pop Single 'All The Same' - BlackBook". BlackBook. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "Future Generations' "Landscape" Video Is Pure '90s Sitcom-Inspired Amusement [PREMIERE] / Ones To Watch". Ones To Watch. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "Interview: Future Generations Dive into Their Fun, Sizzlin' "Landscape" - Atwood Magazine". 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ^ "Future Generations Show a Different Side to Their songwriting on "Out Loud" (premiere)". PopMatters. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2018-11-29.