Brazilian band As For the Future will be releasing their self-titled and self-produced debut album on June 14th, 2024 and playing an opening show at Joe’s Pub that night in New York City. The record will be released as a digital download and via streaming services, 12” LP vinyl, and Deluxe Edition CD (including alternate mixes, dub versions, and edits) on As For the Future Music.

Over 90% of the new record was recorded entirely remotely at an assortment of home and professional studios. The record was mixed by D. James Goodwin (Kevin Morby, DEVO) at The Isokon in Kingston, NY.

As For the Future is a Brazilian music-inspired group based in NYC, drawing on a variety of styles including Bossa Nova, Samba, MPB (Música popular brasileira), which they combine with Rock and other genres.

Started by songwriter/musician David Nagler, As For the Future features vocalist Alexia Bomtempo, Mauro Refosco (David Byrne’s American Utopia, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Atoms for Peace), and Ryan Keberle (David Bowie, Maria Schneider Orchestra), among others.

The group took shape during the summer of 2020, when over 15 different musicians contributed to the recording of new material remotely. These sessions resulted in a 10-song full-length album.

Taking their name from a novel by the great Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector, and existing somewhere between being a band and a collective, As For the Future “embodies exploration and discovery.”