Future Clouds & Radar

Future Clouds and Radar
Origin	Austin, Texas, United States
Genres	Power pop
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Star Apple Kingdom
Associated acts	Cotton Mather
Members	Robert Harrison Josh Gravelin Hollie Thomas Kullen Fuchs Darin Murphy

Future Clouds and Radar is Robert Harrison’s follow-up to his band Cotton Mather. The first album, an eponymous double CD, was released in 2007. Their second release, entitled "Peoria" was released on November 4, 2008, on the Star Apple Kingdom label.

Like Cotton Mather, Future Clouds and Radar has been described as being of the powerpop genre.Austinist called Future Clouds and Radar "Beatles-esque psychedelia" while the New Yorker described it as "sprawling orchestral art rock."

Upon release of the debut CD, NPR wrote:

It's up for debate whether Austin-based Robert Harrison's double-disc debut is pure genius with blind ambition, or the product of an excess of ideas. In any case, his band Future Clouds and Radar certainly knows how to entertain. The self-titled album crosses a dozen different styles and gets handed numerous genre-definers, all of which include the word "art" as a prefix. Future Clouds and Radar would seem to be inspired by The Flaming Lips or Guided By Voices, whose prolificacy Harrison emulates.

Nickelodeon animator Keith Graves was chosen to create a video of the song "Dr. No." Other videos include:

The first album received high praise from critics, drawing comparisons to The Flaming Lips, 13th Floor Elevators, Electric Light Orchestra, Robert Pollard, Robyn Hitchcock, John Lennon, World Party, and the Kinks. David Greenberger says "...file this next to the White Album."NPR wrote "“Audacious? Sure. But undeniably impressive." Texas public radio station KUT listed it among the best albums of the year 2007 while Pop Narcotic listed it in its top 10 of the year.

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