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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Future Islands are back with their first new material in three years — “For Sure.” Filled with many of the signature sounds that the Baltimore band brings to the table, the song is a great energy boost for anyone who’s feeling the lag from the current climate. Aside from frontman Samuel T. Herring’s voice, you’ll […]