RELATED: Duran Duran and art in the age of internet reproduction Yet the guiding principle of "Future Past" remains the same as it's been for nearly every Duran Duran album: explore the kind of new sounds and ideas that can send the band tumbling toward the future. Like the best Duran Duran albums, the full-length is an immersive, cohesive statement with a meticulous sequence that takes listeners on a journey. The new "Future Past," Duran Duran's 15th studio album, naturally reflects this accumulated growth and sophistication. Times have changed, decades have passed, and the band are far different people and musicians than they were 40 years ago. The Birmingham-formed group set an astoundingly high creative bar for themselves in the first part of the '80s, thanks to albums such as 1982's "Rio" and singles like "Hungry Like the Wolf," "The Reflex" and "Planet Earth." This massive superstardom always hovers in the background of everything Duran Duran does, though it's not an albatross, but an increasingly benevolent presence.
The brief scene is an apt metaphor for Duran Duran's career. The look on the real Taylor's face is priceless: He looks both amused and awed when faced with his doppelganger, before recovering and flashing a matching toothy grin for a photo. And if “Invisible” offers any gauge, expect Duran Duran to be fully visible on many Best Albums of 2021 lists.There's a moment in Duran Duran's new "Anniversary" video where tuxedo-clad bassist John Taylor encounters his younger self, in the form of an actor dressed like the spitting image of early '80s John Taylor. He didn’t provide any more clues to that particular song but “Invisible” certainly checks off most of those boxes. The construction of it, the melodic content, the lyrics, some of the sounds. It’s just so different from anything I’ve heard from us before, or actually anyone else. Rhodes said, “There’s one song so far that’s a front runner to be the first single. Like many bands, Duran Duran delayed the release of Futures Past and “Invisible” because of the coronavirus pandemic, but in 2019, keyboardist Nick Rhodes said Duran Duran had been working on the new album since the beginning of that year. “Invisible” embodies a slower but more dramatic tempo than the quickstep of Duran Duran’s typical energetic fare, but far from a ballad Singer Simon Le Bon sounds great in front of overarching keyboards with a great drum track as John Taylor plucks his bass rather affectingly giving the song some serious funky grooves alongside a captivating rhythm. 22, 2021 and the first tease with the song “Invisible,” out today.ĭuran Duran has managed to blend a bit of their past, present and perhaps future in “Invisible” a daring track with minimal pop sounds that fully sounds like Duran Duran and could be a deep album cut off Seven and the Ragged Tiger or a single release from All You Need Is Now. Six years have passed since Duran Duran’s last album Paper Gods but fans need to wait just a wee bit longer as the band has announced the release date for Futures Past, their 15th studio album on Oct.
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