The post Future Islands Release New Single “Glimpse”: Stream appeared first on Consequence. It’s been nearly nine months since Future Islands released their seventh studio album, People Who Aren’t ...

Herring and Future Islands will be “taking it on” at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines Monday, May 5, giving concert-goers the opportunity to experience their knack for performing in person. Herring ...

Future Islands released a new album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore, in January via 4AD. Now they have returned with a one-off single, “Glimpse,” shared via a music video. Jayla Smith directed the ...

Because Baltimore’s Future Islands makes music largely devoid of guitar, it gets casually tagged as “synth pop,” as though the ‘90s never happened. Rather than a slick update of ‘80s New Wave, Future ...

Sometimes listening to melancholy music actually makes you feel better, especially if it has a catchy beat over otherwise morose lyrics. Bands such as the Smiths and the Cure introduced, and perfected ...

Few modern electronic pop acts have made a mark as distinctive as Baltimore’s Future Islands. Riding a vivid line between New Romantic synth-pop and dance rock, they’ve become indie sensations with ...

Future Islands is one of those wonderful bands that are impossible to pigeonhole. Wikipedia calls it synth pop, and maybe a 21st-century version of that 1980s scene works as a descriptor. You can hear ...

And it’s fair to say Glasgow’s in a bit of a high risk category, but fortunately Tuesday’s weather was glorious for American synth-pop band Future Islands as they played at Kelvingrove Bandstand and ...

With our ears still ringing from last night’s stellar PJ Harvey show at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, we learned today that Future Islands will play the same storied venue on Thursday, October 5. The ...

A couple weeks ago a writer friend texted me a screengrab of an Instagram of a stocky guy in a tight black T-shirt tucked into pleated black slacks. The pants were held at his actual waist by a black ...

Hemlock Ernst, the rap alter-ego of Future Islands singer Samuel T. Herring, is gearing up to release a new album, Studying Absence, on October 16 via Beans’ label Tygr Rawwk Rcrds (pre-order). The ...

Future Islands drops its fifth studio album this Friday, plays Coachella the week after and then begin its tour in earnest. Last year, the band began writing songs in its native North Carolina and ...