Future Islands have shared details of their new album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore, and released its latest single.
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.”
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.
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
- 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
