Future Islands' romantic synth sound scales new heights with On the Water, the Baltimore trio's most ambitious and fully realized statement yet. Built around a song cycle exploring love, loss, and memory, their latest album finds the band continuing to deliver pounding rhythms, swelling melodies, and undeniable hooks - but finding new ways to probe inner space and tug at hearts. Convening in March 2011 in Elizabeth City, NC's historic, waterfront Andrew S. Sanders House, vocalist Samuel T. Herring, bassist William Cashion, and keyboardist Gerrit Welmers lived together in a space that served as both studio and sleeping quarters. The band used this tranquil retreat to refine their most reflective and mature batch of songs to date, adding new material in the process. What emerged is a lush yet visceral album about two parallel journeys--one physical and one psychological. On the Water's narrator offers enough detail that their story feels
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- Format: Vinyl
- Clear with Pink Color Vinyl
- Genre: Electronic, Rock
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Track Listing:
A1 On The Water
A2 Before The Bridge
A3 The Great Fire
A4 Open
A5 Where I Found You
B1 Give Us The Wind
B2 Close To None
B3 Balance
B4 Tybee Island
B5 Grease
