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
“jams that we’re obsessing over: Big Bang”
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
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]