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So what's the verdict on the new Future Islands album?

moker [Edit] [Delete] 40 replies 11:14, 25 March '14

It's on Spotify yeah?

http://open.spotify.com/album/1dKh4z5Aayt8FFDWjO5FDh

And last.fm, but fuck knows how that shit site works
http://www.last.fm/music/Future+Islands/Singles

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  • I like it, would be interested to know what it sounds like live

    ma0sm | 25 Mar '14, 11:17 | X
  • did he do the funny dance while recording it?

    TheKennedyCurse | 25 Mar '14, 11:29 | X
    Antelope, deadonthestairs, moker, badmanreturns, Royter-Hatfood, Severed799, and Puds this'd this
  • I think it's their best album to date

    very easy to listen to, nice playful synth and strong hooks/melodies. Glad to see the band have seemingly capitalized on being thrown into the spotlight by releasing a good album.

    Yesiamaduck | 25 Mar '14, 11:50 | X
    whatisthewhat this'd this
    • ...

      Jordan_229_2 @Yesiamaduck | 25 Mar '14, 12:13 | X
    • Yep, better than On the Water

      and that's saying something as that had a couple of immense tracks.*

      *"Tracks" is what cool people call songs.

      moker @Yesiamaduck | 25 Mar '14, 13:53 | X
  • Awful album cover and title

    But if the rest is as good as Seasons then I will love it.

    TVDenimChap | 25 Mar '14, 11:52 | X
    • the title is great you loon

      Severed799 @TVDenimChap | 25 Mar '14, 14:14 | X
      whatisthewhat this'd this
      • http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4445793#r8016812

        TVDenimChap @Severed799 | 25 Mar '14, 14:31 | X
        • ...

          http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4445793#r8017294

          Severed799 @TVDenimChap | 25 Mar '14, 14:45 | X
    • I’d argue that the title refers more to loneliness than to album tracks

      the previous albums are very heavy break-up albums, and I see this as a continuation of that theme.

      cronenberg @TVDenimChap | 26 Mar '14, 12:57 | X
  • Has it got their hit single Letter Man on it?

    jimitheexploder | 25 Mar '14, 12:15 | X
    moker, BarriElCastell, badmanreturns, and JaguarPirate this'd this
  • Please make this band go away now

    Royter-Hatfood | 25 Mar '14, 12:20 | X
    Icarus-Smicarus, barleysugar, ThirstyDog, and sadpunk this'd this
    • It'd be easier if you went away

      Yesiamaduck @Royter-Hatfood | 25 Mar '14, 14:48 | X
      • COR HE'S DONE YOU THERE LIKE

        Severed799 @Yesiamaduck | 25 Mar '14, 14:52 | X
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  • Fucking dreadful. DREADFUL.

    My friend described his voice as like her cat coughing up a furball at 4am.

    Also the start of Seasons sounds like Born Slippy so it's all downhill from there when it comes to comparisons. Underworld >>>> Future Islands.

    TheoGB | 25 Mar '14, 12:25 | X
    Raanraals this'd this
    • Their music is truth man

      and all their apparent weaknesses (fat, geeky, can't dance, sings silly, no guitars, weird songs) are their strengths.

      It's a band that for once are fucking different!

      moker @TheoGB | 25 Mar '14, 13:57 | X
      • pretty much this

        but there's also earnest, embarrassing and unselfconscious. I find the notion of postirony as stupid and slimy as the next guy but, for me, it's a relief to hear a band writing love songs that raise an eyebrow at our cynicism towards nostalgia and sentiment, rather than flattering it and taking home the credibility cheque.

        whatisthewhat @moker | 25 Mar '14, 14:25 | X
      • you forgot their crucial weakness:

        being shit

        Royter-Hatfood @moker | 25 Mar '14, 14:27 | X
        Icarus-Smicarus, thewarn, and sadpunk this'd this
        • http://www.mrbrown.com/.a/6a00d83451b52369e2019b03296647970d-550wi

          moker @Royter-Hatfood | 25 Mar '14, 14:36 | X
  • Thanks for that

    Huggy_Bear | 25 Mar '14, 12:41 | X
  • wait

    this isn't a best of? why the fuck is it called "singles" then.

    justanothersheeldz | 25 Mar '14, 13:05 | X
    moker and TVDenimChap this'd this
    • because any song off it could be a single

      true fact.

      the_outdoor_typo @justanothersheeldz | 25 Mar '14, 14:35 | X
      Severed799 this'd this
    • none of them have ever had a girlfriend

      ethricdouble @justanothersheeldz | 26 Mar '14, 16:39 | X
      Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
  • It's ok, I'm about 50/50 on liking their stuff.

    but I think 80's synth fatigue is setting in. Fine Old Cannibals ?
    I reckon this band will have slipped back into semi obscurity within a few months.

    BarriElCastell | 25 Mar '14, 13:11 | X
    • This is no nu-wave topshop-core crap

      moker @BarriElCastell | 25 Mar '14, 13:57 | X
  • sounds like dick valentine

    justanothersheeldz | 25 Mar '14, 14:39 | X
  • this thread went meta

    http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4445793#r8017366

    Severed799 | 25 Mar '14, 14:46 | X
  • In Evening Air = On the Water = Singles > In the Fall EP > Wave Like Home > Little Advances EP

    I love their last 3 albums more or less at the same level but for very different reasons.

    cronenberg | 25 Mar '14, 15:35 | X
  • Really, really, really love it

    bought it yesterday off 7digital. Think it might be my favourite thing to come out this year after Wild Beasts/Beck.

    I've not stopped humming and singing Seasons in a very flamboyant manner round the house since first hearing it on Letterman. Fall from Grace is another beast of a song too, my God this band have come along at a perfect time. Love over the top emotional nonsense you can sing along to.

    yuggy | 25 Mar '14, 20:04 | X
  • Some of it's great.

    Some of it's good. Some of it's a bit arse. Much like their other albums. Glad it's out there.

    fellover | 26 Mar '14, 13:42 | X
  • his voice is great

    music sounds like the magic numbers reinvented themselves by buying a keyboard

    ethricdouble | 26 Mar '14, 13:47 | X
  • You're all mental

    apart from Royter-Hatfood

    ThirstyDog | 26 Mar '14, 14:52 | X
  • Fucking great band.

    Love how they troll so many people simply by existing.

    Don't think it'll be an Album of the Year contender or owt, but one of my favourites so far. I appareciate he has a weird vocal style on some tracks, and it's properly derivitive 80s stuff, but it's fun, so why get your knickers in a twist?

    LostMoyes | 27 Apr '14, 09:36 | X
    ma0sm this'd this
    • Hodor?

      Hodor! *nods enthusiastically*

      Violator @LostMoyes | 27 Apr '14, 22:13 | X
  • Baffled.

    Probably one of the worst things I've heard in years. Don't understand any of the 'hype' or why people are so excited by it. I mean, I love Sea & Cake and all sorts of similarish things. They just make me crave another Mercury Rev album and wish Arcade Fire never happened.

    sean | 27 Apr '14, 23:47 | X
    • "They just make me crave another Mercury Rev album and wish Arcade Fire never happened"

      Baffled by this.

      confrontedbybears @sean | 28 Apr '14, 00:10 | X
      avl06, justanothersheeldz, and orangejuice this'd this
  • So soft-rock is a thing again?

    Unexpected.

    Icarus-Smicarus | 27 Apr '14, 23:50 | X
  • Seasons is brilliant, one of the years best tracks so far i reckon

    not sold on the rest of the album yet though. This thread is amusing though, reminds me of the reactions to going through the comments on YouTube to the Letterman performance. "Who is this man and why is he doing things slightly different to what I'm used to, not happy with this uniqueness at all!"

    Antelope | 28 Apr '14, 10:07 | X
    • Sun In The Morning is a chooon

      Jordan_229_2 @Antelope | 28 Apr '14, 10:12 | X
  • Disposable

    is how i would describe this album, which is a real shame as i loved On the Water. 2 or 3 really good songs, the rest just ok. Doesn't hang together as an album for me.

    avl06 | 28 Apr '14, 11:14 | X
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