Future Islands
Future Islands’ Samuel T. Herring Making Acting Debut in Apple TV+ Series
Future Islands frontman Samuel T. Herring will make his acting debut in Apple TV+’s upcoming drama The Changeling, SPIN has confirmed. Herring will star alongside LaKeith Stanfield, Adina Porter and Clark Backo in the adaptation of Victor LaValle’s best-selling book of the same name. The show is described as “a fairytale for grown-ups. A horror story, a parenthood fable and a perilous odyssey through a New York City you didn’t know existed.” Herring will portray William Wheeler, a man driven to win back his wife and children who befriends Stanfield’s Apollo, a rare book dealer. The Changeling will be produced by Apple Studios and Annapurna. No release date has been announced for the project, which was originally in production at FX in 2018. The novel won a host of awards following its 2017...
Future Islands Add European Dates to 2022 World Tour
Future Islands added 20 more UK and European headlining shows to their 2022 worldwide tour. As their first UK stint since 2018, the Baltimore-based quartet will hit the road throughout October and November. Gerrit Welmers, Michael Lowry, Samuel T. Herring, and William Cashion will kick off the beginning of the tour this week on March 23 in Manchester at Academy 1. Tickets for the newly added dates go on sale at 10 a.m. local on Friday, March 25. A Spotify pre-sale begins at 10 a.m. local tomorrow, Tuesday, March 22. All tour and ticket info can be found on Future Islands’ website. Future Islands most recently debuted their latest single, “King Of Sweden,” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert stage. Future Islands Tour Dates 23 March – MANCHESTER, GB, Academy 1 *24...
Future Islands Perform New Song ‘King of Sweden’ on ‘Colbert’
The synth-pop group Future Islands debuted their newest single, “King of Sweden” last night on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. “I’m always flyin’ / So I’m always cryin’ / Losing my emotions / On a desert island,” frontman Samuel Herring dreamily sings atop the band’s synthy beats. “King of Sweden” is available now. The Baltimore-based band is gearing up for an extensive tour. Future Islands is set to perform nine shows in the UK (four are already sold-out), and Dan Deacon is slated to support. Their Canada and U.S. legs will follow, and their rescheduled European dates are for several shows in August. Tickets for their “Calling Out in Space” tour are available on Future Island’s website. Future Islands Tour Dates UK Live Dates: March 23 – MANCHESTER, GB, Academy 1 SOLD OUT * March...
Modest Mouse Share New Single ‘The Sun Hasn’t Left’
Modest Mouse’s new album is out next week. So far we’ve heard “We Are Between” and “Leave a Light On” from The Golden Casket and today, they unveiled what should be the last song before the album’s released with “The Sun Hasn’t Left.” “The Sun Hasn’t Left” makes creative use of new wave beats, similarly to the other two singles. It sounds as if this tune even utilizes a xylophone. The bouncy instrument is fitting to the hopeful message this single offers with lyrics like: “You’re not wrong, things are a mess but there’s still something left.” Listen to “The Sun Hasn’t Left” below. [embedded content] In conjunction with Modest Mouse’s last single announcement, they released dates for a pretty lengthy US tour, joined by special guests Future Islands for a handful of...
Modest Mouse Share ‘Leave A Light On’ off Upcoming The Golden Casket LP
“Leave A Light On,” from Modest Mouse’s upcoming album, The Golden Casket, has landed. It is the second single from Modest Mouse’s anticipated seventh studio album. It follows a new wave tune “We Are Between,” which came out earlier this month. “The song finds [singer Issac] Brock navigating the existential threat of losing our humanity — and the interconnectedness that come with it – amidst a constant societal barrage of physical and digital materialism.” Additionally, you can see the song live, as the band has plotted an extensive 2021 U.S. summer tour, joined by special guests Future Islands for a handful of dates. Using similar synth sounds and psychedelic beats as “We Are Between” paired with an earworm of a hook, “Leave A Light On” sets high expectations for the rest o...
The 50 Best Alt-Rock Love Songs
Not all love songs are romantic. Not all love songs are even happy. It all depends on your definition of the term. For every “My Girl” or “Your Song,” there’s at least one track with a nuanced take on the darker, more complicated sides of love — the drama of a long-term relationship, the fear of losing a partner, the void left in love’s wake. Many of those songs fall under the admittedly broad umbrella of “alt-rock.” So to mark Valentine’s Day, we decided to gather 50 of our favorite “love songs” in the genre — both conventional and otherwise. Throughout this list, you’ll find lines about blooming romance and marital bliss. You’ll also find nods to drug addiction and car crashes. There’s something for everyone. – Ryan Reed 50. that dog. – “I’m Gonna See You” You take the good, you tak...
The 30 Best Albums of 2020
After a deluge of canceled or delayed tours, drive-in experiments, Bandcamp Fridays and bedroom livestreams, we’re finally here. Yay? It’s hard to celebrate much of anything in 2020. But one encouraging sign from the music industry has been the number of artists innovating on the fly — figuring out ways to sustain their careers through the madness. And as fans, at least we’ve had new albums to help us process our continuing semi-apocalypse. Having (mercifully) reached the end of this awful year, we have even more perspective on the functionality of a great record. The 30 we’ve assembled here have prompted us to dance, helped us grieve, made us laugh, or even just allowed us to escape into a transportive riff or soundscape. We assume they did the same for the artists themselves. Let us reme...
Future Islands Take to the Battlefield in ‘Born in a War’ Video
As they prepare to drop their latest album, As Long As You Are on Friday (Oct. 9), Future Islands has released a new video for “Born in a War.” Created by award-winning American artist Wayne White and his son, Woodrow, the visual — a collaboration that was six years in the making — takes a hard look at the U.S., consumption and capitalism. “We first met with Wayne White back in 2014 to discuss collaborating on a music video,” the band said in a statement. “We’ve been wanting to work with him since then. We’re stoked that we were finally able to work together on the video for Born in a War. We love the puppets he created and his unique interpretation of the song.” [embedded content] Future Islands previously released “Thrill” and “For Sure.” To commemorate their new record, the band wi...
Future Islands Announce As Long As You Are; Share ‘Thrill’ Single
Consummate live quartet Future Islands are back with a new album in the fall. The Baltimore-based band will release their sixth studio LP, As Long As You Are, on Oct. 9 via 4AD. The new record welcomes touring drummer Mike Lowry as an official full-time Future Islands member and songwriter for the new record. They also took over the co-production duties with engineer Steve Wright at Wrightway Studios in Baltimore. As Long As You Are will be released digitally and in a number of physical formats including CD, standard black vinyl, petrol blue vinyl (4AD and indie stores only), fluorescent orange vinyl (band store only) and cassette (4AD Store, band store and US indies only). You can preorder any of these versions here. To celebrate the new album’s release in October, Future Islands wi...
