Future Islands
| Future Islands | |
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 Future Islands (2012) |
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| General information | |
| origin | Baltimore , Maryland , United States |
| Genre (s) | Synth-pop , indie-pop , indie-rock |
| founding | 2006 |
| Website | www.future-islands.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Samuel T. Herring | |
| William Cashion | |
| Gerrit Welmers | |
| former members | |
| Erick Murillo | |
| Samuel N. Ortiz-Payero | |
| Live and session members | |
| Michael Lowry | |
Future Islands is an American synthpop band from Baltimore , Maryland .
history
The band members Samuel Herring, William Cashion and Gerrit Welmers got to know each other during their studies at East Carolina University in Greenville , North Carolina , and in 2003 they first formed the band Art Lord & the Self-Portraits , the next to the Today's Future Islands members also included Adam Beeby and Kymia Nawabi.
In the course of 2005 this band broke up and in 2006 Herring, Cashion and Welmers finally founded the Future Islands together with Erick Murillo. In April 2006 they released their first single Little Advances and in early 2007 a split single with Moss of Aura. In late 2007 the band moved to Baltimore.
The German label Altin Village & Mine (vinyl) and the English record company Upset the Rhythm (CD version) released their first album Wave Like Home on August 25, 2008 , followed by the EP Feathers & Hallways in April 2009 . 2009 alternated Islands Future for Independent Record Label Thrill Jockey in Chicago and published there their next two albums. In Evening Air was released on May 2, 2010, followed by On the Water on October 11, 2011 . Some EPs and singles, some of them limited, have also been released on this label.
After a break in 2013, the band announced the move to the record label 4AD in early 2014 . The fourth album Singles was released there on March 25, 2014 . In the USA they reached number 40 in the album charts, in England it rose to position 42. The single Seasons (Waiting On You) was released on February 3, 2014 . The band gained greater fame with their first television appearance on the Late Show on David Letterman on March 3, 2014, when they presented this song. Other appearances on TV shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live! , Later with Jools Holland and Circus HalliGalli in Germany followed in the course of the year. At the end of the year, the band went on a major European tour, and in January 2015 there were some gigs in Australia and New Zealand .
After the band members Herring and Cashion founded the side project The Snails in 2008, the EP Worth the Wait was released in 2013 and the debut album Songs from the Shoebox in February 2016 .
Discography
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Albums
- 2008: Wave Like Home ( Altin Village & Mine / Upset the Rhythm)
- 2010: In Evening Air ( Thrill Jockey )
- 2011: On the Water (Thrill Jockey)
- 2014: Singles ( 4AD , UK:
silver) - 2017: The Far Field ( 4AD )
Singles and EPs (selection)
- 2006: Little Advances (single, self-published)
- 2009: Feathers & Hallways (EP, Upset the Rhythm)
- 2010: In the Fall (EP, Thrill Jockey)
- 2010: Undressed (EP, Thrill Jockey)
- 2011: Before the Bridge (single, Thrill Jockey)
- 2012: Tomorrow (Single, Upset the Rhythm)
- 2014: Seasons (Waiting On You) (Single, 4AD)
- 2015: The Chase (single, 4AD)
- 2017: Ran (single, 4AD)
- 2017: Cave (single, 4AD)
- 2018: Calliope (Adult Swim, singles 2017)
Web links
- Website of the band
- Future Islands at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief portrait on c-club-berlin.de
- ↑ Walter W. Wacht: Future Islands ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Article on spex.de from March 24, 2010
- ↑ Jeremy D. Larson: Future Islands: Singles , review on pitchfork.com from March 25, 2014 (English)
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
