The indie band from Chapel Hill, The Kingsbury Manx, is returning with their sixth full-length LP following their ‘Ascenseur Ouvert!’ album, released 4 years ago.
The lead track ‘Future Hunter’ is a smart combination of melodic vocals over an energizing post-rock tempo. In fact, the fast rolling drumming of the start and the constant spinning Moog synth contrast so much with Bill Taylor’s youthful and clear vocals, that the song brings some cinematic visions of some cruel steamroller monster running after someone keeping his calm till the end…. The tune takes a new departure midway with more of that wobbling organ taking new heights, giving an even more engaging and catchy turn to the song.
‘Future Hunter’ has to be about being aware that the nightmare is only this, a bad dream that you want to escape from, as the slightly cryptic lyrics may suggest, ‘Now I’m only trying to break out from my sleep’. Who knows? But when you have a song mentioning a hunter from the future on an album called after a 5,000 year-old period (the bronze age), may be the frightening monster is the time itself.
‘Bronze Age’ will be released on March 5th via Odessa Records, but meanwhile, listen to (and even download) ‘Future Hunter’ below: