Future HauntsAccording to vocalist and guitarist Ben Speight, Future Haunts originated as an armchair project. "Dan [Sergiacomi, bass] and I were living in a share house together and started making a bunch of demos. Eventually we got off the couch and recruited Tom [Lindeman, guitar] and started playing house parties. We've spent the past year writing stuff and cutting our teeth."
"There was a lot of horse being played with the basketball hoop at Plutonium."
Now the couch is a rapidly receding speck in Future Haunts' rear-view. Their debut EP Rubicon, an exercise in "twilight-drenched indie-rock", dropped just a few short weeks ago, justifying the buzz drummed up by their February single Devon Loch. "For me, I think Devon Loch is still a favourite. That was a pretty big turning point for us as a band in terms of the direction we're heading. That end part is absolutely massive and just has a great feel to it that's always good to play live."
The rest of Rubicon was recorded, "Partly at Plutonium studios, but mostly at my place with a bunch of gear I've been progressively hoarding. It allowed us to experiment with guitar parts and tones without the really tight time pressures that come with having a small budget. Most of the tracks were written around the same time, so there is an element of cohesiveness to it sonically. The tracks are a decent snapshot of where we are as a band and some of the things that were happening around us at the time."
Though things seem to be moving quickly now, Future Haunts still know how to maintain the chill. "There was a lot of horse being played with the basketball hoop at Plutonium. Basically anything to get us outside again and help reset our brains. It's easy to get stuck inside the studio and become borderline vitamin D deficient."
