An ominous storm is brewing over a towering sonic collage of cyberdelic rocktronica and industrial dance-punk. Where the anti-pop underground clashes with hypnotic electropop along a crackling frayed wire. It’s a fever dream of alternative hip-hop and spitfire rap-rock set against mind-bending soundscapes.
REVIEWS
“explodes with a brash and defiant originality.”
The Joy of Violent Movement
“high energy “rocktronica” … It brings to mind LCD Soundsystem but with its own unique spin/energy (dipping into hip hop territory and industrial noise at times).”
Reviler.org
“[Future Babel’s] unique blend of dirty guitars and mind-bending soundscapes creates an auditory experience that transcends the boundaries of the genre … redefining the alt-hip-hop scene.”
Certified Bop Magazine
“[The] group name couldn’t be more appropriate … beautiful sounds and fascinating alt rock.”
Extra! Music Magazine
“They are strange, these Future Babels. A little indie-rock, a little electronic, a little dream pop. [“Garden Party” is] a video with images generated by artificial intelligence that is sometimes unsettling. Take four minutes of your time and stare at the screen. You will probably get in touch with your subconscious.”
Distorsioni Sonore
“Cyber Sunday came out in March of 2025 and did not disappoint. Armed with fistfuls of digital ear candy, Future Babel twists up genres like a tornado in a cotton candy factory. From rock to pop to anit-pop to hyper pop, to rocktronic to punktronic to hiphoppoptronic… whew, that’s a lot.”
Bill Stoneberg, The Sound, KQAL
“Minneapolis electronic rock duo Future Babel have been around for a while, but they’re a new name to this writer and this column - which is slightly irksome, as their sampleadelic stew is something special. FB thread new wave pop melodies around biomechanical constructions with impressive confidence and attention to detail. The outfit possess what might be termed a 1990s imagination - there are moments when Cyber Sunday sounds like some enterprising soul attempting to build the future of US indie rock from leftover bits of Consolidated, TV On The Radio (who emerged in the early 2000s but only just) and Soul Coughing. Elsewhere, the bright melodic charge of “Big Bang” recalls Brooklyn’s now defunct Parts & Labor circa Receivers and Constant Future. There’s a lot packed into just over 20 minutes, all essential.”
— Joseph Stannard, Avant Rock, The Wire magazine (UK), [#498 / August 2025]
“Future Babel is unafraid to lean into multiple streams of influence to craft their own brand of noisy, rap-fueled, sci-fi tunes. Reverberating synth tones mingle in with more traditional production and vocal effects add a layer of dark fantasy to Future Babel’s hip-hop flows. ”The Sky Is Falling“, from the EP Cyber Sunday, released in March 2025, feels like a little bit of everything was woven into its tapestry, purposefully disorientating (in a way things would be if the world was indeed collapsing - which, hello!) while still holding onto a consistent structure to lean your hungry ear against. Cutting in and out of itself and exploding occasionally into organized chaos, this track is experimental for sure, but still grounded in serving something distinctly melodic and thought provoking. Off-kilter twinkles, distorted yelling, and tunneling oscillations are always welcome here, and Future Babel knows how to use them.”
Alexandra Haynes, Melodic Noise Media