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Future Islands
Future Islands is a synthpop artist from Baltimore,Maryland,USA formed in 2006. 34 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Synthpop · Baltimore,Maryland,USA · Best synthpop albums
- 34
- Releases
- 2008–2026
- Active years
- 2006
- Formed
Artist
Future Islands is a synthpop artist from Baltimore,Maryland,USA formed in 2006. 34 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Synthpop · Baltimore,Maryland,USA · Best synthpop albums
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Singles
2014 · 10 tracks
The Chase
Single · 2015
For Sure
Single · 2020
Sail / Find Love
Single · 2026
One Day / The Ink Well
EP · 2026
Glimpse
Single · 2024
Deep In The Night
Single · 2023
King of Sweden
Single · 2022
Last Christmas
Single · 2022
ALAYA Remixes EP 3
EP · 2021
Peach
Single · 2021
ALAYA Remixes EP 1
EP · 2021
For Sure (Dan Deacon Remix)
Single · 2021
ALAYA Remixes EP 2
EP · 2021
The Moon Is Blue
Single · 2021
Born in a War
Single · 2020
Thrill
Single · 2020
Moonlight
Single · 2020
Calliope
Single · 2018
Seasons (Waiting on You)
Single · 2014
Doves (Vince Clarke Remix)
Single · 2014
Seasons (Waiting on You) (BADBADNOTGOOD Reinterpretation)
Single · 2014
Tomorrow
Single · 2012
In the Fall
EP · 2010
Undressed
EP · 2010
Feathers & Hallways
EP · 2009
Follow You (pangea version)
Single · 2008
Future Islands is a new wave synthpop band based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The band is composed of Gerrit Welmers (keyboards and programming), William Cashion (bass, acoustic and electric guitars), and Samuel T. Herring (lyrics and vocals). Their sound has been described as "terse yet passionate music wrought from a stripped back palette," where "Gerrit Welmers' synthesizer melodies tumble across the austere wilderness of William Cashion's post-punk bass pulse, driven ever forward by ecstatic electronic rhythms". Future Islands is often associated with other bands affiliated with Wham City, such as videohippos, Santa Dads, Blood Baby, OCDJ, Adventure, Dan Deacon, Weekends, Double Dagger, and many others. The band met and formed in Greenville, North Carolina, USA while studying art at East Carolina University. Their first band was Art Lord & the Self-Portraits, which was also composed of Adam Beeby and Kymia Nawabi and lasted from 2003 to 2005. In 2006, Cashion, Herring, and Welmers formed Future Islands, along with Erick Murillo, the bassist for The Kickass. Future Islands released Little Advances in April 2006, and a self-released split CD with Welmers' solo project Moss…
