THE FUTURIANS, ZOMBIE?FUCK!, CJA, GRUNGE GENESIS. 29 October, 2009



The proton b-punk and recalcitrant rock of The Futurians has been described by their Minneapolis label, Soft Abuse as 'analog futurism performed by a group of sci-fi addicted noise freaks.’ Its zonked clique of superheroes, consisting of Duckling Monster, CJA, Mandroid, and ISO12, creates a garage din straight out of the border territories of some bio-junk comic plot in a windswept cathode past. “It's Wolf Eyes meets The Troggs, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks meets This Kind of Punishment’, Soft Abuse continues. They’ve left a myriad of marks alongside Robedoor, James Ferraro, C Spencer Yeh, Ducktails, Bobb Bruno, Kevin Shields, LSD March, Fursaxa and Kraus on imprints like Arbor, Abandon Ship, Taped Sounds, Last Visible Dog and CJA’s own cult, Root Don Lonie for Cash and Hard Drugs. They’re joined by a solo CJA himself, compatriot robo-grot duo, Murderbike, Wellington’s euphoric somnambulance-chasers, Zombie?Fuck! and Bangkok’s Grunge Genesis. Crash landing space probe funk and emblazoned astro bebop jammed mainly from the blazed planet of Dunedin but aimed straight for your universal arcade cerebellums.