Big Dog 92-7 Music Guide

Future Days

RELEASE
1973
LABEL
Mute
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock, Experimental Electronic, Experimental, Alternative/Indie Rock, Art Rock, Kraut Rock

Album Review

Damo Suzuki's final effort is Can's most atmospheric and beautiful record, a spartan collection of lengthy, jazz-like compositions recorded with minimal vocal contributions. Employing keyboard washes to create a breezy, almost oceanic feel (indeed, two of the tracks are titled "Spray" and "Bel Air"), the mix buries Suzuki's voice to elevate drummer Jaki Liebezeit's complex rhythms to the foreground; despite the deceptive tranquility of its surface, Future Days is an intense work, bubbling with radical ideas and concepts.
Jason Ankeny, Rovi