I've worked out what this band reminds me of so much and it's the War of the Worlds soundtrack with Richard Burton and various Moody Bluesmen.
― now I'm the grandfather (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 09:22 (ten years ago) link
thanks dog latin
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 12:41 (ten years ago) link
my pleasure
― now I'm the grandfather (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 13:06 (ten years ago) link
So riveting at Field Day in London last Sunday. "the world's biggest fan of the band that you're fronting" is OTM and the reaction to Seasons was joyous.
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 14:01 (ten years ago) link
Saw these guys headline a stage at a neighborhood festival in Baltimore today and it was maybe one of the best live experiences I've witnessed. Near transcendent band/crowd synergy happening. People hanging out of windows, standing on roofs, climbing walls, grinning and dancing their faces off. The sun was setting and the singer was basically 8x that Letterman performance for a solid hour. I'm pretty mellow on their recorded stuff but absolutely see them live if you can.
― circa1916, Sunday, 21 September 2014 05:26 (nine years ago) link
That sounds awesome!
― ILX preorders SPYRO for Playstation (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 21 September 2014 05:29 (nine years ago) link
It really was. Also John Waters was like 8 feet in front of me through the show. Caught him turning to his friend at one point with eyes wide and fist clenching his chest and saying OH MY GOD.
― circa1916, Sunday, 21 September 2014 05:52 (nine years ago) link
http://instagram.com/p/tL6mMpnKMK/
― circa1916, Sunday, 21 September 2014 05:56 (nine years ago) link
thought mb you were talking about transmodern and looked up if transmodern was ever scheduled and it starts tonight!! i'm so mad they took so long
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 21 September 2014 06:04 (nine years ago) link
Whoa, I wasn't even aware that was happening either. Awesome!
― circa1916, Sunday, 21 September 2014 06:15 (nine years ago) link
this has already been said, but it bears repeating because that's a quality we see less and less of, i think. like, to the point where when i see/feel it, i'm shocked.
still shocked and overwhelmed
― j., Sunday, 9 November 2014 21:59 (nine years ago) link
yep
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 9 November 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
https://i.gyazo.com/e76dec9ae815214669bec8c6d86202d6.png
― chaki (kurt schwitterz), Thursday, 3 September 2015 00:52 (eight years ago) link
New Snails music!
https://thesnailsbaltimore.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-the-shoebox
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 16 February 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link
i wonder if many/any Future Islands fans follow his rap appearances (as Hemlock Ernst)
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 18:55 (eight years ago) link
New album is sick. I can't understand people who hate this band.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 13:30 (seven years ago) link
I can. It's the limp electronics, weak songs and borderline "hilarious" vocals that do it.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 14:32 (seven years ago) link
not enough 'musical content' for you?
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 14:37 (seven years ago) link
The compositions aren't particularly great and the individual parts that the music comprises of are generally uninteresting and never coalesce into anything worthwhile... so in answer to your question: yes.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 14:51 (seven years ago) link
you mean the notes?
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link
lol
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
My general reaction to this album is "this is what I wish Destroyer sounded like"
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 16:54 (seven years ago) link
you mean the notes?― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, April 11, 2017 4:49 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, April 11, 2017 4:49 PM (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That would be one aspect of it, yes. My, we have some clever people here.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 17:01 (seven years ago) link
i like the record but nothing they've done has topped the one-off from 2012 "Cotton Flower" for me... that's a perfect song
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 17:43 (seven years ago) link
Really enjoying the new record. North Star has been stuck in my head since I first heard it. It's such a lovely song.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 01:06 (seven years ago) link
"Comprises of". It's "...is comprised of", Mr Musicology.
― albvivertine, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 02:57 (seven years ago) link
Oh yes, that either could have been "comprised of" or "consists of" and in a rush I ended up with a mash-up of both. Shit happens. So yes, you're absolutely right, good catch. Your medal for services to pedantry are in the mail. Unfortunately for you, this doesn't change my stance on this woeful band and their music in any way.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 03:10 (seven years ago) link
*is
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 03:11 (seven years ago) link
― albvivertine, Tuesday, April 11, 2017 10:57 PM (forty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
O_O
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 12 April 2017 03:42 (seven years ago) link
Turrican: T/S - Future Islands or The 1975? Show your work.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 04:01 (seven years ago) link
For clarification, I enjoy four aspects of these future island songs: the selected notes, the selected times at which these notes are excited in my atmosphere by my personal transducer, the harmonic content surrounding the notes caused by the way these notes were excited and input into the recording transducer, and the words sung by the vocal instrument.
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 04:39 (seven years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Fingers_and_thumb_in_circle_downward_motion.jpg/220px-Fingers_and_thumb_in_circle_downward_motion.jpg
― qualx, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 04:47 (seven years ago) link
and the hooks, yes
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 04:53 (seven years ago) link
that was @ turrypoo btw
― qualx, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 05:00 (seven years ago) link
Thank you kindly for the offer, qualx, but I'm afraid the prince you seek is in another castle. Ask your dad instead.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:04 (seven years ago) link
I think this is a good band.
I am amused at who doesn't.
That's all
― virginity simple (darraghmac), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 21:27 (seven years ago) link
this new one is just 100% hooks its good
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 23:42 (seven years ago) link
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Wednesday, April 12, 2017 2:04 PM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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― qualx, Thursday, 13 April 2017 00:31 (seven years ago) link
So far I'm convinced this is their best album, although listening to their back catalogue I will say that the format has been roughly the same for several years. I was kind of hoping they'd go full prog for this one.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 13 April 2017 07:51 (seven years ago) link
"Future Islands sound like Robert Palmer struggling to untie a raincoat". David Quantick on Twitter
― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Thursday, 13 April 2017 08:09 (seven years ago) link
― yesca, Thursday, 13 April 2017 13:41 (seven years ago) link
psyched that Sam wore a Double Dagger shirt last night on Conan.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:52 (seven years ago) link
Sam singing with Double Dagger in 2009:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD8V-f4L2Jc
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
I'm out of the loop, is Turrican a less friendly Geir
― a landlocked exclave (mh 😏), Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:21 (seven years ago) link
*yawns*
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
I'd say a more cheerful Alex in NYC
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:37 (seven years ago) link
Actually, I'll take that.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Thursday, 13 April 2017 17:40 (seven years ago) link
lots of double dagger/FI connections - William Cashion plays in a band with one of the guys from DD
― tomorrow, Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
yep, Peals - the record they put out last year is sweet. James Iha plays on "Punk Migration"!
Future Islands and Dan Deacon opened for Double Dagger at their last show in 2011.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:28 (seven years ago) link
but yeah, I totally agree with the second part and it's been pretty funny to read reviews of The Far Field which are mostly like "they've been generally about the same thing, it's a band that values consistency, sticks to one formula and doesn't try to break musical ground, hey, they're good guys". I guess you can argue there's nothing wrong with making safe record but some of those writers go so out of their way to justify that it's hilarious.
I also think that this one is a lot less hook-based than Singles, nothing really caught my ear too much on this one, it flows pretty much from one song to another.
― piramjida, Thursday, 13 April 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link