Today, Future Islands have shared the third EP, ALAYA Remixes 3, via 4AD / Remote Control Records– the final installment in a series of 3 remix EPs of songs from their critically acclaimed 2020 album As Long As You Are. The EP includes a high-energy house version of ‘City’s Face’ by legendary house and techno producer Carl Cox, an ethereal version of ‘Born In A War’ by experimentalist and violinist Sudan Archives, and a slowed down,...
Future Islands have shared three remixes online, with legendary LA dance producer Egyptian Lover, Moss of Aura (Gerrit Welmers’ solo project) and German DJ Alle Alle reworking songs from the Baltimore quartet’s acclaimed 2020 album As Long As You Are. Egyptian Lover says of his ‘Thrill’ remix, “I absolutely love the vocals from Future Islands and could not wait to put an 808 beat behind it. Now this banging song is...
Future Islands release ‘For Sure (Dan Deacon Remix)’, an expansive 9-minute remix from the fellow Baltimorean artist where he incorporates stirring strings, piano and an electronic crescendo to the original track. Dan Deacon says, “Like most people, the last year has made me realise how important my friends are to me, and how much I miss being with them. When the guys released ‘For Sure’, it really brought me back...
Future Islands have released their sixth album As Long As You Are via 4AD. Earlier this week, the band launched As Long As You Are Listening, Together, an interactive real-time cooperative listening event, released a new video for ‘Born In A War‘ and performed ‘For Sure’ on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Tomorrow night, to celebrate the release of As Long As You Are, Future Islands will perform their...
Future Islands have shared ‘Moonlight’, the third new song from forthcoming album As Long As You Are out 9 October via 4AD. The song is paired with a video directed by Will Mayer (BADBADNOTGOOD) and starring Matthew Gray Gubler (Criminal Minds, 500 Days of Summer) and Callie Hernandez (La La Land, Alien). Samuel T. Herring says of the song, “’Moonlight’ is a song about love in a depressive state. It’s...
Future Islands share details of a new album, a new song, and a special livestream concert. The Baltimore group will release As Long As You Are, their sixth studio record, on Friday 9 October via 4AD. Check out new single ‘Thrill‘ – the follow-up to recent single ‘For Sure‘ – and its video starring and created by Samuel T. Herring below. As Long As You Are looks to the past...
