Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Back to the Future

Brothers Past are unlikely rock and roll visionaries. Yet the Philly-based jam band have been anointed as just that by a number notable media outlets, including Harp and Urb magazines, the latter of which dubbed the group “the future of pop music.” That’s lofty praise, but based on the band’s forward-thinking fusion of rock and electronica, the quartet may just live up to it. The future is now. Or maybe this Saturday, when band rocks the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge with local prog-rock darlings Japhy Ryder.