The Next Four Years is the second studio album by the American rock band United Nations.
[2][3] While the album was released in more traditional formats, The Next Four Years was meant to be experienced as a boxed set.
[4] The boxed-set version was limited to 1,000 copies that were hand-assembled by the members of United Nations, and features all 11 tracks found on other formats, but split between a cassette tape, a 10" vinyl record and two 7" vinyl records.
The cover art of the boxed set features fake news articles and the cassette tape was wrapped in a copy of the actual cease-and-desist letter sent by the actual United Nations.
As a boxed set, the series of different formats are meant be a concept album that illustrates and critiques the evolution of the band members themselves from an underground basement act to an experimental.