Led by crooning frontman Samuel T. Herring, the members of Future Islands started out making electro-pop music together in 2003 while attending East Carolina University’s art program. Along with Herring, Adam Beeby, William Cashion, J. Gerrit Welmers, and Kymia Nawabi were the initial members of the group, and they played shows around campus as Art Lord & the Self-Portraits. In 2006 after the band split, Herring, Cashion, and Welmers continued under the name Future Islands and picked up the Kickass bassist Erick Murillo to round out the low-end. The band released a few CD-Rs, splits, and cassettes before Murillo moved on in a more indie rock direction, and relocated to Baltimore with the encouragement of Dan Deacon. His producer, Chester Endersby Gwazda, recorded Future Island's debut, Wave Like Home in 2008, and he continued to work with the band for 2010’s In the Fall EP and the full-lengths In Evening Air and 2011’s On the Water, which were released by Thrill Jockey. ~ Jason Lymangrover, Rovi
-- On September 21, Thrill Jockey will release Undressed, a new four-song EP from the Baltimore art-pop trio Future Islands. The band recorded the EP ...
Artist: Future Islands Album: In Evening Air Release Date: May 4 Label: Thrill Jockey Tracklist: 01 Walking Through That Door 02 Long Flight 03 Tin Ma...
Once more it's time for a bit of Future Islands love. Their new album came out earlier this year, was called In Evening Air and was quite short and in...
Wham City and Dan Deacon affiliates Future Islands are the latest band to perform on or near a desk for NPR's Tiny Desk concert series, playing amidst...
Tweet There's no question that Future Islands frontman Samuel Herrings operatic vocals are a force across the trio's albums, particularly last year's ...
they deserved, and this concept still rings true on the records. For each LAMC 7" split, Famous Class asked one of its favorite bands to contribute an...
Next up in the Less Artists More Condos 7" series is a split release from Baltimore groups Future Islands and recent BTW Ed Schrader's Music. Today, F...
New York-based label Thrill Jockey Records will celebrate their 20th anniversary with an all-star concert. New York's Webster Hall will host the homet...
Last year, the great Baltimore band Future Islands released the excellent, underrated album On The Water, and they've been touring steadily ever since...
