Future of the Left
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Cardiff, Wales |
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| Genre(s) | Rock | |
| Years active | 2005 – present | |
| Label(s) | Too Pure | |
| Website | Official website | |
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| Andy "Falco" Falkous Kelson Mathias Jack Egglestone |
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Future Of The Left is an alternative rock group based in Cardiff, Wales. It consists of singer/guitarist Andy "Falco" Falkous and drummer Jack Egglestone, both previously of Cardiff band mclusky, alongside singer/bassist Kelson Mathias, formerly of the Ammanford-based group Jarcrew. The band previously featured Hywel Evans, who has since gone on to start one of Cardiff's only math-rock bands, Truckers of Husk - he was also a former member of Jarcrew. The band formed in mid-2005 after both Mclusky and Jarcrew split up within two months of each other at the beginning of the year - this was due to tensions within both bands.
Future Of The Left played their first concert at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff on the 2nd of July 2006. They used the alias the Mooks of Passim to avoid the concert being attended by large numbers of expectant mclusky and Jarcrew fans. Further secret gigs occurred with the band using aliases such as Guerilla Press and Dead Redneck. The first official headline show (and the first show the band played under the name Future Of The Left) was played in Camden Barfly to a capacity crowd on September 1st, 2006 (it was also the only show of the tour - which hit Southampton, Bath, Brighton and the band's hometown of Cardiff as well as London - to sell out; the Cardiff show was inexplicably ill-attended, possibly why Andrew Falkous later went on to call it "[their] worst show so far" in a MySpace blog entry).
The group have posted songs on their MySpace account - Falco has also taken full advantage of MySpace as a communication medium, frequently posting blog entries with his thoughts on past shows, political situations and incidents from his youth that he feels are worth sharing with the band's fanbase.
The band are signed to Too Pure (mclusky's label, and the label that is currently home to fellow mclusky off-shoot, Shooting At Unarmed Men). Future of the Left's debut album - as of yet untitled - is to be released through the imprint. The label's good working relationship with Falkous and Egglestone - during both mclusky's career and breakup - ensured that the new band would have a home on the Too Pure roster.
The band released their debut single, the double A-side "Fingers Become Thumbs/The Lord Hates A Coward" (along with B-side The Fibre Provider) on 7" vinyl on 29 January 2007 in extremely limited quantities. According to Falkous' MySpace blog, they have finished recording nine songs for their upcoming album which is expected in the latter half of this year.
A Too Pure newsletter sent out in March announced that the Future Of The Left live set-closer "adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood..." would feature on a split 7" alongside Fierce Panda Records' Winnebago Deal on May 10th.
