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'Someone' (from Young Man Follow) What Will People Think?., 2010. 'The First Noel' StarSong., 2010. 'Holiday' Sparrow., 2009. 'Open Wide' Starsong., 2009. 'Hills Of Indigo Blue' Sparrow., 2009. 'Traveler's Song' (from Travel EP) Sparrow., 2007.
FutureofForestry is a melodic ambient rock alternative band from Southern California, U.S. Future of Forestry is an indie rock band from San Diego, California led by multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Eric Owyoung. The name comes from a poem by C.S. Lewis, 'The Futu.
'All I Want' (from Twilight) BEC. The Tour EP, 2007. 'You Are' (from Twilight) Credential., 2006. 'Open Wide' (from Twilight) BEC., 2006. 'Open Wide,' 'Twilight' (from Twilight) Credential Future Of Forestry Videography. Solstice DVD, 2009 Former Members. Nick Maybury.
Guitar, Background Vocals, Keyboards (til 2007). Luke Floeter.
Bass (til 2007) Music News ( Not full list of articles)., April 1, 2015., March 10, 2014., February 18, 2014., November 26, 2013., November 6, 2013 Artist Links.
Led by multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Eric Owyoung, Future of Forestry is a Christian indie rock band who combine a sincere, literate, spiritual message with low-key ambient music featuring acoustic and electronic elements. Named for a poem by C.S. Lewis, Future of Forestry was formed in the wake of the breakup of another group, Something Like Silas, which was formed in 2000 and featured Owyoung and his wife, Malina Owyoung. When the Owyoungs' marriage fell apart, so did Something Like Silas, and in 2006 Eric Owyoung announced he was forming a new band with a new musical direction. Initially, Future of Forestry featured the same lineup as the final edition of Something Like Silas, but as the group progressed and Owyoung explored new ideas, he became the only constant member of the band, with Owyoung recruiting different sets of musicians for each recording project and concert tour. Future of Forestry struck a deal with Credential Recordings, a Christian alternative label distributed by EMI (the same label had courted Something Like Silas), and the group released its self-titled debut EP in 2006.
Their first full-length album, Twilight, appeared in 2007, but for the next several years, Owyoung and his collaborators focused on a series of EPs, the Travel series, with three volumes released between 2009 and 2010. Another EP series, Advent, devoted to Christmas-themed music, debuted in 2008, with additional installments appearing in 2010 and 2013. In 2011, the Travel series was collected on a single album, The Complete Travel Series, while the same year, the group issued another compilation, A Film and TV Collection, a limited-edition sampler of music Owyoung created for visual media. For the 2012 album Young Man Follow, Owyoung launched his own label, Sound Swan Records; he also opened a studio with the same name, where he worked on Future of Forestry projects as well as recording and mixing work for other artists.
Mark Deming. The big, chiming, atmospheric guitars; the chesty, emotional singing; the huge and cathartic choruses; the production that creates a veritable cathedral of those layered guitar chords and crashing cymbals - yes, the guys in Future of Forestry have listened to a few U2 albums. But their vocal sound is ultimately quite different (lead vocalist Eric Owyoung is consistently on pitch, for one thing) and their Christianity is far less coy. The songs on their debut album are all more or less the same, but the effect is more pleasingly consistent than annoyingly samey: the almost-metal crunch of 'All I Want' seems to follow logically from the densely chiming atmospherics of 'Open Wide,' and if the overdubbed vocal octaves on 'Twilight' sound just a bit dated, well, so what? The 1980s were not the worst decade for emotional guitar rock. On 'Thinking of You' Owyoung's debt to Bono is more obvious, and on 'Sanctitatis' he fails to resist the dangerous allure of the Latin Lyric with Bells, but he quickly redeems himself on the acoustic-based and quietly gorgeous 'If You Find Her.'
All in all, this is a very auspicious debut. Rick Anderson. The destination of Eric Owyoung's Travel trilogy is worth every step of the journey, culminating in the project's loudest and most volatile set.
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If the first of the three EPs was the 'dream' of the series, then this is the 'wake-up call,' continuing with the band's experimental indie rock but now at double speed. Owyoung unleashes wildly layered alternative rock inspired by the craftsmanship of such greats as Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Kings of Leon, and even Coldplay's Kraftwerk-inspired 'Violet Hill.' It all comes together to punctuate the trilogy with exclamation points. Speaking of Coldplay, the track 'Working to Be Loved' could have been lifted straight from Prospekt's March with its catchy yet unobtainable mix of strumming guitar and atmospheric keyboards. Dark beats and distortion also drive home the point on 'Bold and Underlined' and 'Protection.' Owyoung leaves his most masterful and artistic work for the end of the series, leaving listeners with a reminder of just how many directions this multi-faceted indie group can go.
Jared Johnson. The second in Eric Owyoung's three-part exploratory series embellishes the band's ethos lyrically (with a focus on faraway places) as well as musically (adding world music drum rhythms on several tracks). This segment is more lively and moving than its predecessor, clearly answering the question of why the subject matter was stretched beyond the scope of a single album. From the hard-grinding 'Holiday' to the riveting 'Slow Your Breath Down,' the indie rock flows from one captivating bright spot to the next and offers plenty of twists and turns to make listeners want to stick around for the rest of the ride.
Jared Johnson. Travel is the start of a magnum opus, an endearing exploration of going places and being gone. Future of Forestry is trance-inducing indie rock in harmonics, almost like the flipside of early Coldplay.
The band doesn't take you to a new place so much as they take you to familiar places in new ways, and the way they take you there is worth the intrigue. 'Colors in Array' sweeps its way into stratospheric and even angelic ranges, while other songs invite you to 'close your eyes this time/trust will be your guide tonight.' And with such impressive forays into dream rock, there is no reason to fear. With Travel II and Travel III closely following suit, this suite invites listeners to discover new explorations in Euro-rock style. Jared Johnson.