| Shape the Future | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Nightmares on Wax |
| Cover: | Shape the Future.jpg |
| Genre: | Electronic[1] |
| Label: | Warp |
| Prev Title: | Now Is the Time |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
| Next Title: | Shout Out! To Freedom... |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
Shape the Future is the eighth studio album by Nightmares on Wax. It was released in 2018 on Warp.[2] It peaked at number 19 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Paul Carr of PopMatters gave the album 7 out of 10 stars, calling it "N.O.W's strongest and most cohesive album since the imperious In a Space Outta Sound." Katie Hawthorne of The Skinny gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "You'll feel like you've heard these songs on the breeze before, or snatched them from the window of a passing car, but you couldn't have caught them without Nightmares on Wax's expert navigation."