Future Islands
Future Islands
Future Islands of Baltimore, Maryland stopped by indieATL studios in 2010. Fronted by lead singer Samuel T. Herring, Future Islands performed their song "Inch of Dust" from their album In Evening Air (2010). indieATL Sessions is produced by Matt Rowles with the extraordinary efforts of the students at Georgia State University's Digital Arts Entertainment Lab.
"Inch Of Dust"
2010
Any talk of Future Islands is bound to come back to scene-stealing frontman Samuel T. Herring, a dramatic, verbose showman eager to spin each one of these lush but simply-stated orchestrations into something grander. At times wailing like a cross between Tom Waits and the Sea Captain from "The Simpsons" (nicely exemplified at the stirring peak of "An Apology"), occasionally adopting a strange British patois to augment a sort of sing-speak, Herring's presence is over-the-top in just the right way. He often seems overwhelmed by tragedy (usually waxing cryptic about lost love), and brings a great sense of damage and loss-- as well as welcome spots of humor-- to each acrobatic performance. But what he uncovers in the patches of calypso, sci-fi movie noise, and circling synth patterns is often surprisingly heartening. Drawing from a few different traditions while making them their own, Future Islands prove here to be a well-versed group of wild, woolly storytellers.