Album Review: Banks Arcade – Future Lovers

Ahead of this debut album, Banks Arcade put out two covers. One was of Phil Collins’ In The Air Tonight, and the other was of SAINt JHN’s Roses. The latter teased what was to come on their first full-length. Recorded in a week in Auckland, Future Lovers shows off the band’s sound, which takes cues from hip-hop, pop, metalcore and electronic music. Their knack for juxtaposing different styles produces gripping songs that go to unexpected but exciting places, like dramatic Freaks, which switches between blaring guitars and eerie synths. But in the case of aggressive Fake Your Death, things end up a little too all over the place. Overall, though, the band have crafted songs that build in an enthralling way. Medicine starts off low-key but about halfway in, erupts into something...

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