ALBUMPeople Who Aren’t There AnymoreFuture Islands
Albums by Future Islands
ALBUMPeople Who Aren’t There AnymoreFuture Islands
ALBUMAs Long As You AreFuture Islands
ALBUMThe Far FieldFuture Islands
ALBUMSinglesFuture Islands
ALBUMOn the Water (Bonus Track Version)Future Islands
ALBUMIn Evening AirFuture Islands
ALBUMWave Like HomeFuture Islands
Future Islands's Popular Music Videos
For Sure
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Ran
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Moonlight
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The Tower
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Glada
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Thrill
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Born in a War
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Deep In the Night
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The Thief
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The Fight
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Future Islands Essentials
These indie boundary-breakers bring a reinvigorating intensity to classic synth-pop.
Artist Biography
Synthpop group Future Islands started out as a performance-art project/band called Art Lord & The Self-Portraits to critique art world pretentiousness with music.
∙ After their first group broke up, three remaining members rebranded themselves, combining two potential new names—Future Shoes and Already Islands—into one.
∙ They conceived the term “post-wave” to describe their music, saying they “sound like Joe Cocker fronting early New Order.”
∙ A diagnosis of Reinke’s edema forced frontman Sam Herring to compensate for not being able to hit certain notes by growling, now a trademark of his vocals.
∙ The band’s 2014 on performance on The Late Show with David Letterman went viral, becoming the show’s most-viewed music video.
∙ “Seasons (Waiting on You)” was named best song of 2014 by Pitchfork and was ranked No. 94 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Songs of the 2010s.
∙ Former Art Lord & The Self-Portraits percussionist Kymia Nawabi provided cover art for most of the band’s releases, which—as former art students—they consider integral to their image.