On the Water
Future Islands
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On the Water | Future Islands | 4:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Before the Bridge | Future Islands | 3:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Great Fire | Future Islands | 3:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Open | Future Islands | 1:28 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Where I Found You | Future Islands | 5:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Give Us the Wind | Future Islands | 4:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Close to None | Future Islands | 6:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Balance | Future Islands | 4:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tybee Island | Future Islands | 3:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Grease | Future Islands | 5:28 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Crish (Javelin Remixxx) [Bonus Track] | Future Islands | 3:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| BookletDigital Booklet - On the Water | Future Islands | -- | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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iTunes Review
This Baltimore trio is as capable of ratcheting up the noise quotient as it is easing into delicate, intimate moments, and On the Water (recorded at the ocean’s edge in North Carolina) springs from the band’s gentler side. It’s a beautiful collection of songs that start and end with sounds of water and wind; in between, Sam Herring’s emotional outpourings are more heartwrenching than ever. Serving a large dose of misery spiked with a dash of hope, it may be best summed up by an interview quote from Herring: “I want you to cry.” Well, then. Mission accomplished, for many of us, anyway. Herring’s restrained histrionics are just this side of overwrought, and the topic at hand is, no surprise, loss and longing. Hints of vintage Cure and New Order color the simple keyboard and bass lines, while Herring’s gnarled voice reaches like a withering tree branch, grasping at fading sunlight. Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner lends her voice to the unearthly beauty “The Great Fire,” and powerhouse drummer Denny Bowen of Double Dagger appears throughout. Tragic never sounded so good.
Customer Reviews
Great album
Wonderful!!!
Best new band of the last 5+ years.
Period.
You will be floored...
All of future Islands albums are completely enthralling. Samuel T. Herring’s voice is the most honest, strong, and futuristic voices out there in music today. The lyrics are rich with heartbreak; seemingly clear and present at first listen, the words linger in your ear for days calling up past memories in your own brain. Before the Bridge will have you stuffing your iPod in your bra and dancing on your feet until you almost break the floor.
I HIGHLY suggest also getting the Undressed album as it displays how versatile and complex the band really is.
Biography
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Future Islands
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Balance | On the Water | 4:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Vireo's Eye | In Evening Air | 4:07 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Walking Through That Door | In Evening Air | 4:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tin Man | In Evening Air | 3:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Long Flight | In Evening Air | 5:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Inch of Dust | In Evening Air | 3:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Swept Inside | In Evening Air | 4:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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An Apology | In Evening Air | 3:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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As I Fall | In Evening Air | 5:34 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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In Evening Air | In Evening Air | 1:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Dance, Rock, Electronic
- Released: Oct 11, 2011
- ℗ 2011 Thrill Jockey
