Black Futures: "We're not a cult, but we're also not not a cult"

Black Futures are a band born out of an epic futuristic imagery, tinged with an essence of the dystopian and unknown. With their own signage, and a black boiler suit “uniform”, they're the counter thought police, an omnipresent being that is aware of everything wrong and right in the world. “We like to think at times it is equal parts utopian and dystopian. We are surrounded by a shit load of contradictions, complexities, oddities,” one half of the duo, SPACE says of their distinct image. “Order, chaos, peace, war. The natural world, the churning grind of capitalism and industry, indifference, burning vitriol, a tiny hill side cave big enough for one lone hermit, and the infinite void of space. What a cluster fuck!” He laughs, “I guess this our inspiration. Anarchic party music to soundtrack your very own dystopian/utopian future, or some pretentious bullshit like that.” There’s very little information 'out there' about Black Futures, only that the seismic and supersonic industrial punk is created by two members. “We enjoyed a really nice sticky toffee pudding the other day, and there was a definite hankering to tell everyone in cyberland how much we were really fucking enjoying it, and how they weren’t. We then came round and thought 'Fuck off!' We are not a cult, but we are also not not a cult,” SPACE says in regards to their air of mystery. They continue: “What is Black Futures? Who are Black Futures? We’re loud, fuck, loud, chaos, joy, joy, fuck, humour, loud and despair. What the fuck is this!? That is far more engaging an experience than sticky toffee pudding, I think."

The band have an eerie mantra of “Never Not Nothing”. “Essentially it is meaningless,” SPACE says. “For us, there is a joy in nihilism. It frees us from thinking that we’re at the centre of all existence. We’re all special, but not that fucking special. So let’s get out there and marvel at it all. Revel in the chaos and fight everything that threatens and draws us away from an existence of pure love and empathy. ‘Would you like a little utopia with your dystopia, sir?’ Of course I fucking do!” The band have so far only released two ying-yang singles, ‘Karma Ya Dig!?’, an uplifting and cosmic electronic wonder, and the unruly, unstoppable and pulsating ‘LOVE’. “‘Karma Ya Dig!?’ is a tribute to some truly unique and vibrant humans that were dear friends. I wanted to preserve my most visceral memories of them, and share that joy and abandon. I visit them in my subconscious all the time…it’s pretty fucking cool. ‘Love’ on the other hand, is a pure anarchic, end of days party banger. A final burst of love to see us off our mortal coil,” they smirk. “Fuck you Trump, Brexit, sexism, poverty gap, corruption, and bombs. We’re going to go out full to the fucking brim with love.” With a forthright nature and no-holds-barred ethos, what’s the mission statement for Black Futures? “It’s loud, fuck, loud, joy, fuck, loud and fuck off. Strobe and defiance too.” And as for next year? “I will shout it all again, but there are better things to do, expect what I just said plus more swear words.” Taken from the December 2017 / January 2018 issue of Upset, order your copy below. 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