The album is set for release on 26 January via 4AD and will feature a number of previously released singles, including ‘Deep in the Night’, ‘King of Sweden’ and ‘Peach’.
It will also feature brand-new single ‘The Tower’, which bears Future Islands’ typically well-balanced blend of emotion and force.
The new single arrives with a video directed by Jonathan van Tulleken, who worked with the band’s frontman Samuel T. Herring on the Apple TV series The Changeling – have a watch of the video below.
Speaking on the video, van Tulleken said: “Anyone who’s seen Sam on stage shape shift with his whole body and voice from heart wrenchingly tender to fantastically ferocious knows that he is a truly, magnetic, performer.”
“This was no small reason why he was cast for a role in The Changeling where he plays a complex character who appears to be one thing whilst actually another.
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“It was a role that would be no easy task for even the most seasoned actor but Sam, applying all his stage craft, charisma, smarts and natural empathy, absolutely nailed it producing a riveting performance.
“I loved working with someone who came to acting via this persona they had built in their music.”
Photo: Theo Wargo
Herring is also a rapper, largely under the side-project and alias Hemlock Ernst, and featured on Billy Woods and Kenny Segal’s Maps album earlier this year.
People Who Aren’t There Anymore will mark the follow-up to Future Islands’s 2020 studio LP, As Long as You Are.
The new record was co-produced by Steve Wright, and was mixed by Chris Coady, who produced Future Islands’ landmark 2014 album, Singles.
See the full album artwork and tracklisting below.
- King of Sweden
- The Tower
- Deep in the Night
- Say Goodbye
- Give Me the Ghost Back
- Corner of My Eye
- The Thief
- Iris
- The Fight
- Peach
- The Sickness
- The Garden Wheel
