Future Days

Damo Suzuki’s final effort is Can’s most atmospheric and beautiful record, a spartan collection of lengthy, jazz-like compositions recorded with minimal vocal contributions. Employing keyboard washes to create a breezy, almost oceanic feel (indeed, two of the tracks are titled “Spray” and “Bel Air”), the mix buries Suzuki’s voice to elevate drummer Jaki Liebezeit’s complex rhythms to the foreground; despite the deceptive tranquility of its surface, Future Days is an intense work, bubbling with radical ideas and concepts.