Future Islands Lyrics
Other Songs
A Dream Of You And Me
A Dream of You & Me
A Song For Our Grandfathers
An Apology
As I Fall
Back In The Tall Grass
Balance
Beach Foam
Before The Bridge
Born in a War
Citys Face
Close To None
Corner of My Eye
Day Glow Fire
Deep In the Night
Doves
Escape Artist
Fall From Grace
Flicker and Flutter
Flicker & Flutter
Follow You
For Sure
Give Me the Ghost Back
Give Us The Wind
Glada
Glimpse
Grease
Heart Grows Old
Hit the Coast
I Knew You
In The Fall
Inch Of Dust
Iris
King of Sweden
Last Christmas
Light House
Like The Moon
Little Dreamer
Long Flight
Moonlight
North Star
Old Friend
On The Water
One Day
Peach
Pinnochio
Plastic Beach
Say Goodbye
Seasons
Seasons (Waiting on You)
Seize A Shark
Spirit
Sun In The Morning
Swept Inside
The Fight
The Fountain
The Garden Wheel
The Great Fire
The Happiness of Being Twice
The Ink Well
The Painter
The Sickness
The Thief
The Tower
Thrill
Through The Roses
Time On Her Side
Tin Man
Tybee Island
Vireos Eye
Vireos Eyes
Waking
Walking Through That Door
Walking through the door
Wave Like Home
Where I Found You
Future Islands are a synthpop band based in Baltimore, Maryland, signed to 4AD.
The band met and formed while studying art at East Carolina University in Greenville.
Their first band was Art Lord & the Self-Portraits, which included Samuel T. Herring, William Cashion, Gerrit Welmers, Adam Beeby, and Kymia Nawabi. That band lasted from February 2003 until fall of 2005. In 2006, Cashion, Herring, and Welmers formed Future Islands with Erick Murillo, who played an electronic drum kit.-Wikipedia
Members:
Their first band was Art Lord & the Self-Portraits, which included Samuel T. Herring, William Cashion, Gerrit Welmers, Adam Beeby, and Kymia Nawabi. That band lasted from February 2003 until fall of 2005. In 2006, Cashion, Herring, and Welmers formed Future Islands with Erick Murillo, who played an electronic drum kit.
Gerrit Welmers
(keyboards and programming)
William Cashion
(bass, acoustic and electric guitars)
Samuel Herring
(words and vocals)
Name Origin:
In an interview Samuel Herring explained:
"Its kind of a serendipitous thing that happened when we were coming up with a band name. Things came together with the words, 'Future Islands'."
William Cashion added:
"Its Hawaii. Its paradise. Its the future we all strive for."
From: Greenville, NC, United States
Genre(s): Synthpop, New Wave, indie pop
Instrument(s): Synthesizer, bass guitar, guitar
Active From: 2006-present
Associated Acts: Art Lord & the Self Portraits, Moss of Aura, The Snails, Peals, Ruin Yer Stereo