Love the Future is the debut album by the band Chester French, which was released on April 21, 2009 under the record label Star Trak Entertainment.
Background
Love the Future was primarily recorded while the duo attended Harvard University; they recorded most of the songs during class and study breaks at a Harvard recording studio. After recording the album, lead vocalist David-Andrew "D.A." Wallach sent the work to several record labels. The band received recording contract offers from Kanye West's GOOD Music, Jermaine Dupri's Island Def Jam Music Group, Pharrell Williams Star Trak Entertainment and several independent record labels; they ended up signing with Star Trak.
Critical reception
Love the Future received generally mixed reviews from music critics, receiving an aggregated score of 59 out of 100 on Metacritic. Christopher Muther of The Boston Globe felt that the album was "too wise" and "too catchy" to possibly be the debut of Chester French. He compared the songs to that of the band Fountains of Wayne. Heather Phares of Allmusic called the album "much better" when the duo "tones down the hyperactivity and sticks to making songs with ridiculously ingratiating hooks". Wallach's voice was compared to that of Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by David-Andrew "D.A." Wallach and Maxwell Drummey. "Introduction" – 1:07 "C'mon (On My Own)" - 3:22 "Bebe Buell" – 3:38 "String Interlude" – 0:57 "The Jimmy Choos" – 3:15 "Time to Unwind" – 1:44 "Fingers" – 4:16 "Country Interlude" – 5:37 "Beneath the Veil" – 2:47 "Neal" – 3:36 "Not Over You" – 4:24 "She Loves Everybody" – 3:59 "Sleep" – 4:13 "Pleasure Squad" – 3:40 (Amazon.com bonus track) "People" - 3:17 (iTunes bonus track)
Personnel
Jeremiah Alvera – assistant
Matt Antonowicz – trumpet
Kevin Arndt – engineer
Andrew Bergman – bass violin
Julia Boynton – tap soloist
Mike Bozzi – mastering
Mikey Canzonetta – assistant
Damien Chazelle – drum kit
Maxwell Drummey – arranger, guitars, basses, keyboards, drums, percussion, synthesizers, marimba, xylophone, timpani, violin, theremin, programming, background vocals, engineer, producer Steve Fiascone – cello Scott Fruhan – background vocals Jeff Hefler – timpani Daniel Holter – engineer Mike Judge – bass, background vocals Matthew Kan – strings Clara Kim – strings