‘Back To The Future III‘ is the third album from Dundalk based indie/alternative/lo-fi 4-piece The Future West. Produced and recorded by frontman and tunesmith, Francis Watters, ‘Back To The Future III’ is out on April 10th 2026 and is a collection of songs that, for some reason or other, never made it onto an official release.
Frontman Francis Watters relates: “The project started off as a completely different idea in the Summer of 2023. It was supposed to be four EPs of four songs each. The original idea was to just get all of this old music off of my hard drive and available publicly with the original title of ‘This Can’t Be For Nothing’. After recording it all the idea simply didn’t feel right so I split it into two albums, a dark and a light version. It was pretty clear to me after doing that, that I was subconsciously filtering out the songs that I genuinely didn’t believe were good enough to be released. The dark version is what has become ‘Back To The Future III’. Most of these songs were written in 2017. Some in 2021. And the oldest two in 2014. I’m really happy with it and even happier that these songs won’t be lost to the digital ether of a hard drive and that they’re getting the release I feel they deserve.”
After a wee rest, The Future West are back in the saddle and gearing up for a busy 2026. Picking up from where they left off from 2022’s album ‘Who Will Forgive All My Sins’, The Future West will return to the stage with the same ferocious energy they held before. Paired with a speaker full of beats, loops and samples and Watters’ witty, thought provoking and emotive lyrics, The Future West are a live act that have found their own unique balance of garage/alt rock mixed with synth-pop sensibilities.
2026 will see the band release their third album ‘Back To The Future III’ and take to the stage for a string of shows throughout the year starting in their hometown of Dundalk on April 12th in the Spirit Store.
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