https://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/release-date/coming-soon/date
https://consequence.net/upcoming-releases/
https://consequence.net/2023/10/future-islands-people-who-arent-there-anymore/
Future Islands have readied their seventh studio album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore. The full project arrives January 26th, while new single “The Tower” is out now.
The follow-up to 2020’s As Long as You Are, People Who Aren’t There Anymore was produced by Future Islands alongside Steve Wright, while Wright mixed the project with Chris Coady. It arrives on CD, cassette, standard black vinyl, transparent vinyl, and yellow and black “yolk” vinyl that features alternative artwork. Pre-orders are ongoing.
New track “The Tower” begins with almost understated synths before building to the type of shimmering chorus Future Islands are known for. “Threw a bottle across the water/ To someone who’s thinking of me,” Samuel Herring sings. In its brooding music video, directed by Johnathan Van Tulleken, he does just that, as he and bandmates William Cashion, Gerrit Welmers, and Michael Lowry walk across a deserted beach. Watch the clip below.
In addition to “The Tower,” People Who Aren’t There Anymore features Future Islands’ August comeback single “Deep in the Night.” Below the jump, check out the record’s artwork and complete tracklist.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/29udpr0DH32c7BeBdmRwYN?si=fc4ce268ada84e32
Interesting little mix today, Bombay Bicycle leads my hype.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/release-date/coming-soon/date
don't get hung up on the words - "indie" became a genre of it's own, much like "college rock" left college. The early 2000s were a boon for indie artists, and some hit it pretty big. It was peak mp3 blog years (I ran one myself). Not all bands were technically indie, but the music from the era launched what became known as the "indie music" genre.
It's language. Meanings aren't always literal. Hell, "literally" doesn't mean literally anymore!
my thinking was a classic, Flaming Lips, Yoshimi - but I'm down for whatever!
Go for it!!! Yeah, my bandwidth has been tight this past month with travel and work! So sorry!
So excited for this!!!
Love RAA!
looking forward to giving it a spin later!
oops!!! had a busy morning and didn't get to it! Will delete mine.
This album is simply a masterpiece. Perfect from the first note to the end to me. I liked Mitski before, but this new one. Oh my, she dug deep here. It's subtle, it's not, it's bold, it's quiet... but it's gutwrenching. Love it!
Figured we can mix it up, listen to new stuff, old stuff, forgotten stuff - have fun!
yeah, just posted one! Instead of 2 threads, just did the one. But also, would love suggestions!!!
love Veirss so much, and she's so damn prolific!
For me - I got into REM with Document (seeing a few videos late at night on UHF television) and it only grew with Green. I loved Green so much, from the bouncy "Stand" to the beautiful "You Are The Everything" to the pervasive "World Leader Pretend".
I was in high school with Out of Time came out and while "Losing My Religion" was stunning, I balked at the album because of how poppy it felt to me at the time (I was so knee deep in Violent Femmes and other college/alternative bands, Out Of Time sounded like a sellout to me. "Radio Song" with rap and "Shiny Happy People" and whatnot. I shunned REM! Dead to me!
Back then, being a "sell out" was the ultimate sin. Of course later I grew to appreciate OOT for it's lowkey subversiveness and experimentation - even finally understood "Shiny Happy People" (a song about Chinese propaganda). But it wasn't until much much later, maybe after Monster when I finally got into OOT.
So, here I was, broken up with REM and moving on with my life. 1992 I was living on my own in a small little garage apartment, poor and scraping by, just doing my thing when AFTP came out. i heard the acoustic brooding verses with triumphant chorus of "Man On The Moon" and the kind of non-music video of "Drive", a very strangely arranged song, and decided to give REM another chance.
And well, I love the album. I was BACK BABY! They took their pop learnings and made them dark. Even it's most uplifting songs have a dark broodinest to them. The album is crafted like a mixtape, builds, goes big, comes down, instrumental interlude, and ends on possibly one of the finest and beautiful closers ever with a deep message about love and/or the environment.
To me, the album only improved with age and feels timeless, or should I say, out of time.
so happy for new RAA!