The Future's Void
| The Future's Void | ||||
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| Released | April 7, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Rock, folk-noise | |||
| Length | 43:31 | |||
| Label | City Slang, Matador | |||
| Producer | EMA | |||
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The Future's Void is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter and guitarist Erika M. Anderson (also known as EMA), former lead singer of the noise-folk band Gowns, released in the Europe on April 7, 2014 on City Slang, and in the United States on April 8 on Matador Records.[1]
The album was included in best-of-the-year year-end lists including those by Rolling Stone[2] and The Daily Dot.[3]
Critical reception[edit]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10[4] |
| Metacritic | 80/100[5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| The A.V. Club | B[7] |
| Financial Times | [8] |
| Mojo | [9] |
| NME | 8/10[10] |
| The Observer | [11] |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10[12] |
| Q | [13] |
| Rolling Stone | [14] |
| Spin | 8/10[15] |
In his review for Pitchfork, Mark Richardson wrote, "despite the lyrical clunkers and ill-advised production choices, The Future’s Void has the feel of a real statement, of an artist trying for something new even if she doesn’t always get there. And the EMA project is antithetical to the idea of perfection anyway, so combing through the messy whole to find the places of clarity and insight feels somehow appropriate."[12]
In his best-albums-of-the-year write-up for The Daily Dot, critic Ramon Ramirez wrote that "(EMA) wrote the year’s best record about the Internet. . . . What stars here is her centralized, astute songwriting. EMA followed up 2011’s critically acclaimed Past Life Martyred Saints with a navel-gazing passion project, and the best thing she’s done."[3] Rolling Stone wrote in its own best-of-the-year note that "Erika M. Anderson made the best Nineties album of 2014 (if any of us were worried about technology and surveillance taking over our lives 20 years ago). Her follow-up to 2011's awesome Past Life Martyred Saints pulses, clangs and simmers—it's unsettling one moment, soothing the next and always a smartly satisfying listen."[2]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Erika M. Anderson
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Satellites" | 4:18 |
| 2. | "So Blonde" | 3:23 |
| 3. | "3Jane" | 4:34 |
| 4. | "Cthulu" | 5:27 |
| 5. | "Smoulder" | 5:08 |
| 6. | "Neuromancer" | 4:15 |
| 7. | "When She Comes" | 3:39 |
| 8. | "100 Years" | 5:11 |
| 9. | "Solace" | 4:18 |
| 10. | "Dead Celebrity" | 3:18 |
References[edit]
- ^ Minsker, Evan (January 21, 2014). "EMA Details New Album The Future's Void, Shares "Satellites" Video". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ a b "50 Best Albums of 2014". Rolling Stone. December 1, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ^ a b "The 24 best albums you didn't hear this year". The Daily Dot. December 1, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ^ "The Future's Void by EMA reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ "Reviews for The Future's Void by EMA". Metacritic. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "The Future's Void – EMA". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ Rytlewski, Evan (April 8, 2014). "EMA pushes back against Internet culture run amok". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (April 5, 2014). "EMA: The Future's Void". Financial Times. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ Elan, Priya (April 7, 2014). "EMA – The Future's Void". Mojo. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ Catling, Simon Jay (April 4, 2014). "EMA – 'The Future's Void'". NME. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ Empire, Kitty (April 6, 2014). "EMA: The Future's Void review – dystopian angst with a personal touch". The Observer. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ a b Richardson, Mark (April 10, 2014). "EMA: The Future's Void". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ^ "EMA: The Future's Void". Q (334): 109. May 2014.
- ^ Sheffield, Rob (April 8, 2014). "The Future's Void". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ Soderberg, Brandon (April 9, 2014). "'The Future's Void,' But EMA Has Some Answers on Her Acerbic Sophomore Album". Spin. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
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