I Can See the Future is the second studio album by Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter Leith Ross. It was released on September 19, 2025, via Republic Records in LP, CD and digital formats.
Background
The album was preceded by Ross' debut 2023 release, To Learn. It was produced by American producer Rostam Batmanglij. The title track was released as a single on June 27, 2025. It was followed by "Stay", which was released on August 18, 2025, as the second single.
Reception
In a review for Clash with a rating of eight, Gabby Ofo noted the reason the album "resonate is not just its sonic palette but its sense of conviction", praising Ross' "fragile but unwavering" voice and describing the project as "an album that feels both diaristic and expansive, rooted in the personal yet reaching outward towards something communal."
The album received a rating score of seven from Canadian publication Exclaim!, whose reviewer Jordan Currie described it as "calm, quietly accepting grief as an unavoidable part of the human condition that sticks itself to all corners of life and never gets unstuck."
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
Musicians
- Leith Ross â lead vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 12), piano (3), baritone guitar (4, 11), nylon-string guitar (9)
- Rostam Batmanglij â keyboards (all tracks), percussion (1, 3), drums (1, 10, 11), bass (2, 4âÂÂ8), electric guitar (2, 4, 5, 11, 13), shaker (2, 4, 9), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 11, 12), 12-string acoustic guitar (2, 5, 13); mandolin, nylon-string guitar (2, 13); programming (3, 5âÂÂ8), baritone guitar (3, 6, 11, 13), snare drum (4), tambourine (5, 9)
- Charlie Bisharat â strings (1), violin (2, 3, 9)
- Julian McClanahan â mandolin, strings (1)
- Liam Duncan â banjo (1)
- Gab Strum â celesta (2), piano (2), synthesizer (2, 5, 6)
- Andrew Tachine â drums (2, 4, 5, 11, 13)
- Daniel Aged â pedal steel guitar (2, 6, 9, 12), bass (12)
- Gabe Noel â violin (3, 6âÂÂ8), viola (3, 6), cello (3, 7âÂÂ9), upright bass (3, 9, 10)
- Méabh Mulligan â concertina (9)
- Henry Solomon â saxophone (10)
- Angel Deradoorian â additional vocals (11)
Technical
- Rostam Batmanglij â production, engineering (all tracks); mixing (1)
- Leith Ross â co-production
- Andrew Maury â mixing (2âÂÂ13)
- Emily Lazar â mastering
- Evan Pruett â engineering
- Joey Messina-Doerning â engineering (2, 4, 5, 11, 13)
- Kyle Henderson â engineering (2, 4, 5, 11, 13)
References