The Future Will Come
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| Studio album by The Juan MacLean | ||||
| Released | April 21, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Flymax Studios () | |||
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| Length | 60:26 | |||
| Label | DFA | |||
| Producer | The Juan MacLean, The DFA | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 71/100 |
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| AllMusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| The Guardian | |
| NME | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.4/10 |
| PopMatters | 5/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
The Future Will Come is the second album by American electronic artist The Juan MacLean. It was released by DFA Records on April 21, 2009. The album is heavily influenced by British synthpop band The Human League, and it incorporates many themes from science fiction. The Future Will Come received somewhat positive reviews from music critics and yielded three singles: "Happy House", "The Simple Life", and "One Day".
Following the release of "Happy House", the band embarked on a European tour to promote the single and returned to the U.S. before the release of "The Simple Life". After the album was released the following year, the Juan MacLean promoted it with a one-month European tour followed by a U.S. tour with Swedish electronic musician The Field.
John MacLean and Nancy Whang wrote the album at a studio in . Several of the songs were co-written with Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel from synthpop duo Holy Ghost!. MacLean stated that he wanted "to use dance music production techniques to make pop songs." To move away from the common first-person narrative used in popular music, they decided to feature their voices equally. MacLean and Whang sought examples of songs that had male and female narrators but struggled to find any aside from The Human League.
The music on The Future Will Come is influenced by Detroit techno, especially the Belleville Three. MacLean used the Roland SH-101 as his main synthesizer lead and the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer. Influenced by electronic band Kraftwerk, many of the songs use robot metaphors to describe emotional detachment in relationships. The album's futuristic lyrics are inspired by science fiction writers Philip K. Dick and William Gibson as well as dystopian films such as Blade Runner, Logan's Run, and THX 1138.
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