The Future Now

by Peter Hammill

The Future Now cover art

Shedding the dense progressive rock of Van der Graaf Generator, Hammill embraced raw drum machines and DIY aesthetics on 'The Future Now'. His intense, theatrical vocal delivery and jagged songwriting aligned him surprisingly closely with the contemporary post-punk vanguard.

Genres

  • Art Rock
  • Experimental Rock
  • Singer-Songwriter

Tracklist

  1. Pushing Thirty
  2. The Second Hand
  3. Trappings
  4. The Mousetrap (Caught In)
  5. Energy Vampires
  6. If I Could
  7. The Future Now
  8. Still In The Dark
  9. Mediaevil
  10. A Motor-Bike In Afrika
  11. The Cut
  12. Palinurus (Castaway)