What a surprise: Duran Duran will release a new album in 2021. "Future Past" is the Brits' 15th studio album, the follow-up to 2015's "Paper Gods," and their first new work in about six years. Twelve songs they wrote for it, in which vocalist Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor and drummer Roger Taylor once again prove to be timeless artists, fusing art, technology, fashion and style with their signature sound. Duran Duran recorded the album primarily at London's Assault & Battery Studio 1 since November 2018. The two-and-a-half-year production period was affected by the Corona pandemic, which resulted in the studio facilities being unavailable for an extended period of time.