Future Ruins

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Future Ruins
Swervedriver Future Ruins.jpg
Studio album by
Released25 January 2019 (2019-01-25)
Recorded2018
Length47:41
Label Dangerbird
Producer Swervedriver
Swervedriver chronology
I Wasn't Born to Lose You
(2015)
Future Ruins
(2019)
Singles from Future Ruins
  1. "Mary Winter"
    Released: 25 October 2018 [1]
  2. "Drone Lover"
    Released: 16 November 2018
  3. "The Lonely Crowd Fades in the Air"
    Released: 7 December 2018
  4. "Spiked Flower"
    Released: 11 January 2019
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.9/10 [2]
Metacritic 80/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
PopMatters 8/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Uncut 7/10 [12]
Under the Radar 8/10 [13]

Future Ruins is the sixth studio album by English alternative rock band Swervedriver. It was released on 25 January 2019 through Dangerbird Records. [14]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Swervedriver.

No.TitleLength
1."Mary Winter"5:04
2."The Lonely Crowd Fades in the Air"4:13
3."Future Ruins"6:12
4."Theeascending"4:45
5."Drone Lover"4:18
6."Spiked Flower"3:25
7."Everybody's Going Somewhere & No-One's Going Anywhere"3:49
8."Golden Remedy"5:42
9."Good Times Are So Hard to Follow"3:09
10."Radio-Silent"7:04

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] 92
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [16] 27
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [17] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [18] 6

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