Baltimore synth-poppers Future Islands are back with a new album Singles. The album is their first on indie mega-label 4AD (home to The National, Bon Iver et al.) and was promised to be the “boldest and most immediate work” in their impressive catalogue. While there is no reinvention of their sound, early signs suggest that the band make good on this promise.
Opener ‘Seasons (Waiting On You)’ is the lead single from the album, and has a nice video courtesy of director Jay Buim – a visual slice of modern day Americana, shot on location in the Great Plains. It’s a really great track, the band’s trademark heartfelt new-wave with a belter of a chorus. I’m no tastemaker, but I can’t help but feel it could prove a popular hit, particularly as summer (and festival season) comes calling.
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A second track has also been given the video treatment, this time album closer ‘A Dream Of You And Me’, which has this amazing stop-motion video courtesy of Elena Johnston and William Cashion.
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Singles is out on the 25th of March, pre-order it now via 4AD.