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wednesday, may 05, 2010, 6:27 am saving the world from bad music since last wednesday. WEDNESDAY | ARCHIVE | PEP SQUAD | MAILING LIST | GEAR | REQUEST LINE | ROCK DOC | CONNECT |
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while attending east carolina
university in 2003, j gerrit welmers (synthesizer, drums) , william cashion
(bass) and samuel t herring (vocals) began making music together as art lord &
the self-portraits (ultimately self-releasing four albums). they relocated to baltimore in 2006 and as their music became faster and more powerful, they evolved into the post-wave, synthpop future islands. during that time they became friends with dan deacon, an early supporter who later invited them to tour with him. “future islands play a terse yet passionate music wrought from a stripped back palette. gerrit’s cart wheeling synthesizer melodies tumble across the austere wilderness of william's post-punk bass pulse, driven ever forward by ecstatic electronic rhythms,” wrote writers from upsettherhythm.co.uk. “perhaps the most striking aspect of the band's sound however, takes shape in the form of sam's distinctive guttural vocal, delivered as glen danzig if he ever found himself in a shakespearean tragedy.” their debut lp, in evening air dropped may 04, 2010 in evening air displays “a greater intensity and eye to detail than we have yet witnessed from the group. these changes are felt and heard,” wrote thrill jockey reps. “in evening air takes us and swirls us around those feelings of growing outside of one's city and one's self. it moves through gripping loss and the search for peace from a heavy head, with an ease and understanding where there was none.” click here for a couple of extra songs. click here for the video for their song "tin man". don't forget, the album cover image always links to sample songs and the band's image to their website. check here to see if future islands have any gigs scheduled near you. as always, please buy this album from your local independent music store by people who know and love music and not from retailers like wal-mart (soulless, globally-homogenizing, community-killers) or i-tunes (albums should be listened to as an entire composition with album cover and liner notes in hand). incidentally, these two companies sell more music than any other retailer in the united states. that my friend, bites. future islands are faster than light. if you agree, please spread the word (about the band and this site). don't worry if you missed the apples in stereo profile from last week: here it is.
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