Future Past Life
Future Past Life is the sixth studio album by the Portland-based indie rock band STRFKR, released on April 10, 2020, through Polyvinyl Records. Background The material that would eventually lay the groundwork for Future Past Life was brought about when principle songwriter Josh Hodges was visiting Amsterdam while working on the band's previous studio album Being No One, Going Nowhere. At the recommendation of a European traveler who was renting his L.A. home while he was abroad, Hodges connected with Mathias Janmat and David Hoogerheide, two similarly inclined musicians in Amsterdam. Within hours of meeting, the three were collaborating on new music together and would continue to do so on multiple occasions during Hodges' stay in the country, recording demos as they went along. Recording and composition Eventually Hodges' trip came to an end, but he continued to revisit the songs from the sessions with Janmat and Hoogerheide. Feeling that the songs were "inspired and magical" and using the Amsterdam demos as a blueprint, Strfkr recorded Future Past Life, adding the new layers of the full band's skill and nuance while retaining the core sound of the demo tracks. After moving from L.A. back to Portland, Hodges continued to collaborate