28 January 2024

Album artwork

Baltimore‘s synth pop act FUTURE ISLANDS launched
their 7th LP, titled PEOPLE WHO AREN’T THERE ANYMORE

Press info: Where they’ve pursued ever-higher energy anthems in the past, they’ve
turned inward this time, and unlocked a new level of ferocity, delivering some of their most inspiring and most heartbreaking tracks by doing the opposite: taking their time, making each breath, each syllable, each cymbal crash count. The result is a powerful, defining statement from a group of musicians that have made the best album of their career.

(Photo Turn Up The Volume – live in Belgium)

The Guardian: “It’s an album that’s too involving and engaging and powerful to count as merely more of the same: you leave the turmoil of People Who Aren’t There Anymore feeling moved, rather than jaded.” Full review here. Score: 4/5.

TUTV: Baltimore‘s tunesmiths hit again with a tunes-filled longplayer. Not all of them are grade-A earworms, not all of them will be on my headphones for a long time, except for standouts King Of Sweden, The Tower, Say Goodbye, Corner Of My Eye, The Thief and Peach.
I think I’m gonna make myself a ‘The Best Of Future Islands’ jukebox playlist. That will be fantastic.

Key singles/clips: Peach / The Tower / The Fight

– PEACH –

– THE TOWER –

– THE FIGHT –

ALBUM

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