Future Islands
Future Islands is a new wave band based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The ba… Read Full Bio ↴Future Islands is a new wave band based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The band is composed of Gerrit Welmers (keyboards and programming), William Cashion (bass, acoustic and electric guitars), Samuel T. Herring (lyrics and vocals) and Michael Lowry (percussion, since 2020). Future Islands' music style has been tagged as synthpop, but the band has routinely rejected that classification, considering themselves as post-wave,by combining the romanticism of new wave with the power and drive of post-punk.

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. Other former members include Samuel N. Ortiz-Payero (drums, 2008) and Denny Bowen (drums, 2009–2013 in studio; 2013–2014 touring)

Future Islands released Little Advances in April 2006, and a self-released split CD with Welmers' solo project Moss of Aura in January 2007. In July 2007, they recorded their debut album, Wave Like Home, with Chester Endersby Gwazda at Backdoor Skateshop in Greenville, North Carolina. After a Halloween party in 2007, Murillo quit the band. In late 2007 and early 2008, the band relocated to Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The "Feathers and Hallways" 7" was recorded in Oakland, California during their first US tour and was their first release as a focused three-piece. Upset! the Rhythm released Wave Like Home on 25 August 2008. The cover art was designed by Kymia Nawabi, a former member of Art Lord & The Self-Portraits. In 2009 the band signed to independent Chicago record company Thrill Jockey.

Their second album, In Evening Air, was recorded in the band's living room in the historic Marble Hill neighborhood in Baltimore and released on 4 May 2010.Their third full-length album, On the Water, was recorded in Elizabeth City, NC's historic, waterfront Andrew S. Sanders House. It was released on 11 October 2011.

These early albums from Future Islands are often associated with other bands affiliated with Wham City, such as Videohippos, Santa Dads, Blood Baby, OCDJ, Adventure, Dan Deacon, Weekends and Double Dagger.

In 2014, they released Singles with hit-track Seasons (Waiting on You). The band and song gained critical acclamation from Pitchfork and NME and performed the song on the Late Show with David Letterman, a performance that went viral. In 2017, they released The Far Field and most recently in 2020 they released As Long As You Are.
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Future Islands Lyrics


006 A SONG FOR OUR GRANDFATHERS Been a long time, in a low place Surrounded by what…
008 LIKE THE MOON She looks like the moon She says, "it's your eyes" She see…
009 FALL FROM GRACE You were mine when I was young Why does it take…
74. A Dream of You and Me I wrestled by the sea A loneliness in me I asked myself…
A Song for Our Grandfathers Been a long time, in a low place Surrounded by what…
Aladdin Doubled the top knot, flew out the lattice door Do what…
An Apology This is what I know, The canopy loss of our home Is…
Ancient Water Ancient like the water Dissolves my selfish leanings and all…
As I Fall I can't touch you anymore, I can't tell you how I…
Back in the Tall Grass Home isn't open It's like, when you get here The tracks by…
Balance And you can clean around the wound If you want to It…
Beach Foam Standing on a beach somewhere Looking for something to see A…
Beauty Of The Road Left out on the road eight years ago And you left…



Before the Bridge And I will walk you home And I will leave you…
Black Rose Lead not for loss And you'll bleed not for long Lost in…
Born in a War It's all so temporary Life's work, don't play that way Life'…
Candles Soften your penitence It's not your fate Release the weight …
Cave In parting ways And parting hearts A dress of leaves blows t…
City's Face All those years Just a shadow Of a ghost Of a memory, at…
Close to None You look like you wanted home Far from God, and close…
Corner of My Eye I once had a friend And we had a home 'Til they…
Day Glow Fire Our second step was river quiet We walked along the Rockies,…
Deep In The Night Deep in the night You know I miss you more when…
Doves We've traded places times before We were built for making lo…
Dream Of You And Me I wrestled by the sea A loneliness in me I asked myself…
Escape Artist You look hurt, but it's not my fault We're wasting time,…
Fall from Grace You were mine when I was young Why does it take…
Flicker You'll never know me, 'cause you gave that up And…
Flicker and Flutter You'll never know me, 'cause you gave that up And…
Follow You Whoa whoa whoa Whoa whoa whoa I don't want to know my…
For Sure Perish the pain I was impoverished Those ties that wind And …
Give Me the Ghost Back I'm just an animal that strains against my line I push…
Give Us the Wind We set out to find something to hold When seeking truth…
Glada New canopies arise From the crumbling framework The remnants…
Grease We've been here before In a gravel lot, by the back…
HAUNTED BY YOU Pensive and quiet Like forever was In a chrysalis she waits …
Heart Grows Old Looking for something the lord would make, Meters of sleep-…
Hit the Coast I can't feel I can't feel, for you I'm just fine,…
I Knew You We walked into the pines And sat amongst the graves You told…
In the Fall I feel safe, I feel whole knowing that it wasn't your…
Inch of Dust A part of me you have A part of me you…
Iris Irises grow where they buried anger I've always held them sa…
King of Sweden I was on the F train Thinking 'bout a holiday I was…
Light House When I couldn't see you for the wall What was that…
Like the Moon She looks like the moon She says, "it's your eyes" She sees…
Little Dreamer I caught you sleeping here, all wrapped in wool I caught…
Little Dreamer Jones Remix I caught you sleeping here, all wrapped in wool I caught…
Long Flight I got back from a long flight, You said you'd meet…
Moonlight Here's our chance to make it Make this into something more H…
Moss Of Aura Standing on a beach somewhere Looking for something to see …
North Star I've broken many promises But this one I would die to…
Old Friend I whisper the tongue like an old friend I cherish my…
On the Water Ancient like the water Dissolves my selfish leanings and all…
Peach Love is the reason I'm still holding ground Life isn't perfe…
Plastic Beach Spent a lifetime in the mirror Always afraid of what someone…
Ran Ingest, where it goes, nobody sees but me So perfect and…
Say Goodbye After we say, "Goodnight" I smoke another twenty cigarettes …
Seasons Seasons change And I've tried hard just to soften you The se…
Seasons (Waiting On You) Seasons change And I tried hard just to soften you And seas…
Seize a Shark I go to bite your hair Who would outweigh You turned your…
Shadows My window opens on your heart Yet shadows divide our worlds…
Song For Our Grandfathers Been a long time, in a low place Surrounded by what…
Spirit Trusted, repeated Candor, uneven - in it's will to find The …
Sun in the Morning Mine all mine Wander Away we go Over lines I won't let go, s…
Swept Inside By the shattered coils of another's arms And swept inside li…
The Chase I take my licks like a man Facing forward I made my…
The Fight It wasn't all a scream We packed away the dream And pocketed…
The Fountain He sits low, in a shady grove Where the trees arc…
The Garden Wheel Now every stone has a face Every leaf, there's a bead…
The Great Fire I can't ask you now But if I could, I'd say…
The Painter Fear of black and yellow Is pushing in the blue Here, I…
The Sickness We had it all We had a way of speaking, all…
The Thief I never had a place to call my own And slept…
The Tower Threw a bottle across the water To someone who's thinking of…
Thrill Blue water Black bible Old river Come quietly Just asking A …
Through the Roses Catch me laughing Catch me drinking past the dawn Catch me s…
Time On Her Side The sea was large today Just as any other day But something…
Tin Man You couldn't possibly know how much you meant to me You…
Tomorrow We've known each other for a long time Though you had…
Tybee Island No illusions No replays Heads are watching, currents wave …
Vireo A loose, and hazy time When you were not my Clementine And…
Virgo Distracts I heard you made the hull of a boat downtown I…
Waking I've been sitting here thinking What's my purpose? What's th…
Walking Through That Door As processions fade, New hearts doubt. But you are Golden a…
Wave Like Home Gray eyes link these sharp dawns Bird-chested These corner…
Where I Found You I remember your smile The smell of your skin The way that…
You Haunt Me I wrestled by the sea A loneliness in me I asked myself…


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