Future Islands

[billum]

It is better live than on the record - I think the recording is fairly weak, but Sam The Herring puts loads more emotion into it live (as he does with all their songs!)

[majormajormajor]

What the others said. Live, they are something else - incredible. Not so keen on the recordings.

[TheBurns]

Much better live than on records, everyone one will be giving it socks once they get going so much energy. I loved the point where the kid was shocked to be on screen during tinman and the whole crowd cheering, everyone got involved, fantastic ending to a brilliant performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO5wHmGnUIc

[ravermum]

Definitely go see. I started out last year thinking they were bonkers. Then they slowly grew on me and I started listening to their back catalogue. Since seeing them on Other Stage, I'm a total fan. Gotta love someone who gives that much of a shit and goes for it that hard.

[chazza36]

Sam is a modern day Ian Curtis.

[Winslow Leach]

Apart from his crazy dancing is to cover up the fact that their tunes are pretty average, whereas Curtis danced to some of the best tunes ever written.

 

Seasons is a pretty much perfect pop single. 

[ravermum]

Apart from his crazy dancing is to cover up the fact that their tunes are pretty average, whereas Curtis danced to some of the best tunes ever written.

Yeah - no offence Chazza36 but that is not comparable but props to you for the Joy Division love Edited July 24, 2015 by ravermum

[donshakey]

Curtis didn't do this

http://m.pitchfork.com/news/54448-future-islands-frontman-samuel-t-herring-is-also-a-rapper-watch-him-in-action/

[Superscally]

They're supporting fucking M*Mf*rd in Australia. Real life shit meets contrived bullshit. The banjo loving twerps they have as fans will probably think they're shit, it's a travesty.

[Superscally]

Homer, make sure you see em. That's from me man. With love. I'm pounding my own chest as I type this one handed. I'm pointing at you now.

[bamber]

A Network Television Début......

 

[kingcrawler]

They're supporting fucking M*Mf*rd in Australia. Real life shit meets contrived bullshit. The banjo loving twerps they have as fans will probably think they're shit, it's a travesty.

 

Ooft, one of the gigs goes Future Islands, Jake Bugg then Mumford & Sons. Not often I say something like this but I feel sorry for Jake Bugg there, he's boring enough as it is without having to follow Future Islands!

[dentalplan]

Buggy's back?

[kingcrawler]

He's doing an "exclusive acoustic set"

[TheBurns]

Does anyone happen to have their set from last year?

[theDandy]

19 minutes ago, TheBurns said:

Does anyone happen to have their set from last year?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBpnAn6aY9U

[theDandy]

20 minutes ago, TheBurns said:

Does anyone happen to have their set from last year?

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/future-islands/2015/worthy-farm-pilton-england-13c955bd.html

[TheBurns]

2 minutes ago, theDandy said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBpnAn6aY9U

Nice one!

Just need to get a proxy now! So I now assume youtube filters results from different countries 

[stuartbert two hats]

PM me if you can't get YouTube to work...

[TheBurns]

I got it!

[TheBurns]

https://songkick.tickets/future-islands/

They're around next year, gonna get a ticket for Dublin since I love the Iveagh Gardens but I'd also like to see them back on the farm.

[Anarion]

Would love to see them again, their show at the Other Stage was for me the highlight of Glastonbury 2015  So much energy, especially during Tin Man.

[nikkic]

Is it only me that thinks that Seasons is awful live? That screechy voice thing he does ruins the song for me. 

 

That said I do hope they are there this year as I missed them in 2015! 

[FuzzyDunlop]

33 minutes ago, nikkic said:

Is it only me that thinks that Seasons is awful live? That screechy voice thing he does ruins the song for me. 

 

That said I do hope they are there this year as I missed them in 2015! 

I enjoy it, but much prefer vireo's eye

[Harry49]

Bought tickets for Liverpool yesterday. There Other stage performance was great so have picked up some of the back catalogue over the last couple of yeras. To be honest have been underwhelmed but hoping that as others up thread have said "live" is there forte.