Future One | Lost Mighway
I’m tempted to call Peekskill’s Paul J Magliari’s project Future One’s Lost Mighway album “polymath pop.” It manages to somehow feel like Genesis listened to lots of Squeeze and became a one-man band. Stranger things have happened, right? “A Great Day” starts things out with dry humor, narrative twists and turns, and a very memorable hook. There is even a bit of surf or Roy Orbison-style winsome guitar over strummed chord bedding here and there, a false laconic ease coexisting with very sharp wit. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Wayne Warnecke at Peaceful Waters Music, the album has plenty of warmth but isn’t overly polished at the expense of these terrific songs’ arrangements. “Fantasy” is another terrific highlight that reminds me a bit of ’80s George Harrison and boldly underscores a sophisticated awareness of layered melody while wielding rock history with profound ease.
This article appears in June 2021.
