Atmosphere

Warm bass, one-drop drums, Hammond organ, melodica and wide dub echoes turn Tomorrow Is Currently Unavailable into a laid-back protest song. It stays playful, heavy and soulful while taking aim at the absurd side of modern convenience.

Lyrics

Welcome to tomorrow
Please wait
Tomorrow is currently unavailable
Everything smart Everything new
Smart little meter Watching you
Smart little car Knows where you’ve been
Smart little door Won’t let you in
Everything faster Everything clean
Funny how slow The service has been
Press number one Press number two
Press number nine
There’s nobody To talk to you
They call it progress I call and wait
They built the future Behind a gate
Upgrade Upgrade
Everything must change
Upgrade Upgrade
Nothing stays the same
More convenient More precise
Funny
Convenience Has a monthly price
Upgrade Upgrade
Welcome to the show
Everything gets smarter
Where did simple go
Cash is old Paper is bad
Scan the little code Be glad
App for parking App for trains
App to tell you Why it rains
Password wrong
Try once more
Prove you’re human To the door
Picture boats Picture lights
Picture bicycles
Three more times
Thank you
Your request Has been denied
Upgrade Upgrade
Everything must change
Upgrade Upgrade
Nothing stays the same
More convenient More precise
Funny
Convenience Has a monthly price
Monthly price Price Price
Work more hours Save more time
That’s a very Modern rhyme
Rent goes north Pay stays south
Experts say
Don’t run your mouth
Everything green Everything fair
Everything tracked
For your own care
Nothing to fear Nothing to hide
Funny how freedom Needs a guide
New rules Monday Changed by June
New solution Coming soon
Temporary Just a while
Terms updated
Please comply
Did you read them
Neither did I
Upgrade Upgrade
Welcome to the age
Every little freedom Needs another page
Everything connected Everything online
Everything efficient
Except your time
Upgrade Upgrade
That’s the master plan
Make the world More user-friendly
Till nobody Understands
Welcome to tomorrow
Please wait
Please wait
Please wait
Wait Wait Wait
Tomorrow is currently unavailable

Story

Tomorrow Is Currently Unavailable is a warm, heavy roots-reggae dub ride through a world where everything is smarter, faster, safer and more convenient, yet somehow more expensive, complicated and absurd. Over deep analog bass, one-drop drums, Hammond organ, melodica and spacious dub echoes, RythmChecker takes aim at endless upgrades, apps, passwords, subscriptions, digital bureaucracy and the strange idea that progress always needs another set of terms and conditions. It is a laid-back protest song for anyone who has ever been asked to prove they are human by a machine. The future is ready. Almost.