''The Future's Void'' is the third

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by American singer-songwriter and guitarist

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(also known as EMA), former lead singer of the noise-folk band Gowns, released in the Europe on April 7, 2014 on

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. The album was included in best-of-the-year year-end lists including those by ''

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Critical reception

In his review for ''

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'', Mark Richardson wrote, "despite the lyrical clunkers and ill-advised production choices, ''The Future’s Void'' has the feel of a real statement, of an artist trying for something new even if she doesn’t always get there. And the EMA project is antithetical to the idea of perfection anyway, so combing through the messy whole to find the places of clarity and insight feels somehow appropriate." In his best-albums-of-the-year write-up for ''

'', critic Ramon Ramirez wrote that "(EMA) wrote the year’s best record about the Internet. . . . What stars here is her centralized, astute songwriting. EMA followed up 2011’s critically acclaimed ''Past Life Martyred Saints'' with a navel-gazing passion project, and the best thing she’s done." ''

'' wrote in its own best-of-the-year note that "Erika M. Anderson made the best Nineties album of 2014 (if any of us were worried about technology and surveillance taking over our lives 20 years ago). Her follow-up to 2011's awesome ''Past Life Martyred Saints'' pulses, clangs and simmers—it's unsettling one moment, soothing the next and always a smartly satisfying listen."

Track listing

References

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