Future Days [Remastered] [Hybrid SACD] - Can

Advantages: Superb Chilled Out Krautrock
Disadvantages: Ever so slightly self indulgent

...Can began the recording of Future Days in 1972 in Cologne (Köln to those of you who are rather pedantic about this), and by all accounts this was a rather balmy summer. The band had just returned from a holiday and the musical differences within the group had been examined and made workable, what ever that meant. Can were one of those bands that seemed to thrive when the creative differences within the group were at their highest, besides bands should ...
...The first two tracks Future Days and Spray highlight this, what with Jaki Liebezeit's Latin polyrythms and light touches on the drums, mixed with Karoli's airy almost ethereal guitar work. This is compounded by Damo Suzuki's vocals which are light, breezy, and it is highly unusual for a rock singer to have his voice treated like this. The keyboards and bass of Schmit and Czukay burble and swoop in an effortless fashion all adding to a highly chilled ... Read review