Latest Release
- 26 JAN 2024
- 12 Songs
- People Who Aren’t There Anymore · 2024
- Singles · 2014
- King of Sweden - Single · 2022
- People Who Aren’t There Anymore · 2024
- People Who Aren’t There Anymore · 2024
- People Who Aren’t There Anymore · 2023
- People Who Aren’t There Anymore · 2024
- The Far Field · 2017
- People Who Aren’t There Anymore · 2024
- People Who Aren’t There Anymore · 2024
Albums
- 2020
- 2017
- 2014
- 2010
- 2008
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
- 2021
Artist Playlists
- These indie boundary-breakers bring a reinvigorating intensity to classic synth-pop.
- 2021
- 2021
- 2021
- 2021
More To Hear
- Future Islands on “Say Goodbye.”
- The band on "The Tower," times of transition, and new music.
- Annie's selections for a man reconciling with his father.
More To See
About Future Islands
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.
- ORIGIN
- Greenville, NC, United States
- FORMED
- 2006
- GENRE
- Alternative