Future Islands call themselves 鈥渢oo noisy for new wave, too pussy for punk鈥� and their performance on David Letterman鈥檚 show in the US last March was the indie rock moment of 2014. Judging by comments under the YouTube video (current views: 4m), music fans have watched the clip repeatedly - mesmerised (and in some cases horrified) by singer Samuel T. Herring鈥檚 dancing, and delighted to have discovered a band that鈥檚 all heart and zero affectation.
For the Baltimore trio, their seemingly overnight success was in fact a long time coming. The song they played, 鈥楽easons (Waiting On You)鈥� - both The Guardian鈥檚 and NME鈥檚 best track of 2014 - was from their fourth album, Singles, ensuring they had both the experience and back catalogue to capitalise on suddenly finding the much-bigger audience they always deserved. A Culture Studio session for Janice Forsyth last June and an October Later鈥� appearance brought their synth-rock to British ears, and can bet your house that people will be talking about this first Glastonbury performance for months to come.
Future Islands call themselves 鈥渢oo noisy for new wave, too pussy for punk鈥� and their performance on David Letterman鈥檚 show in the US last March was the indie rock moment of 2014. Judging by comments under the YouTube video (current views: 4m), music fans have watched the clip repeatedly - mesmerised (and in some cases horrified) by singer Samuel T. Herring鈥檚 dancing, and delighted to have discovered a band that鈥檚 all heart and zero affectation.
For the Baltimore trio, their seemingly overnight success was in fact a long time coming. The song they played, 鈥楽easons (Waiting On You)鈥� - both The Guardian鈥檚 and NME鈥檚 best track of 2014 - was from their fourth album, Singles, ensuring they had both the experience and back catalogue to capitalise on suddenly finding the much-bigger audience they always deserved. A Culture Studio session for Janice Forsyth last June and an October Later鈥� appearance brought their synth-rock to British ears, and can bet your house that people will be talking about this first Glastonbury performance for months to come.
