Future Perfect

Description

On her debut EP *Future Perfect*, British-American singer-songwriter Jenny Hirons explores childhood visions and capitalist structures, road trips on small country roads, and a gentle disappearance into the ether like a dream come true. Across five tracks of hushed pop reminiscent of Sakamoto, Hosono, Bowie, and Eno, Hirons combines pop fantasy with a confrontation of reality, all with luminous clarity. The title *Future Perfect* refers to actions that will be completed. Listening to this debut opus, the attentive listener feels a sense of time well spent. Lyrical analysis isn't necessary: a multifaceted picture of life emerges, where the child imagines adulthood, the adult regains autonomy, and a voice from elsewhere looks back at a child's fantasies of the future. Despite this thematic density, the songs remain light and full of hope, aspiration, and transcendence, reflecting the artist's own tone—ironic, cerebral, poised, and utterly charming. Jenny Hirons cites Astor Piazzolla, the Beach Boys, Elliot Smith, Deerhoof, and Rachmaninoff among her influences, and is also an accomplished visual artist and designer. The result of several years of experimentation, *Future Perfect* also turns out to be an album about breakups, unemployment, and the uncertainty of the future. The EP looks back to a time when "music was the economy of our hearts," and forward to a future free to shape itself as it pleases, "carried home in all directions."