Wave Like Home.

I like Old Friend a lot off that album. The rest just kinda runs together.

And not to be upsetting, but thinking this new album would receive a BNM rating is a little ambitious. I love these guys and would rarely miss an opportunity to see them, but that new album is just okay, not exceptional...

10/10/2011 12:02:14 PM

^ yeh, I like this album but didn't expect a bnm from pitchfork

I did, however, very much expect bnm for the new Megafaun lp

10/10/2011 12:04:13 PM

I think they are referring to Little Advances, not Wave Like Home, but I could be wrong

and while I wasn't expecting BNM, I was hoping for it just for the press

it's silly, but it really can help bands a lot

10/10/2011 12:37:44 PM

They didn't bother to review either, but I'm pretty sure they're talking about Wave Like Home.

And I think their scores are important to a certain extent on many levels, but it's not like I don't love some albums they have panned the crap out of.

10/10/2011 1:26:37 PM

Quote :

"^^ They aren't referring to 'In Evening Air'. I was under the impression that was their first LP, but evidently not "

Yes, Wave Like Home. I love Wave Like Home

10/10/2011 4:28:18 PM

Quote :

"and while I wasn't expecting BNM, I was hoping for it just for the press it's silly, but it really can help bands a lot"

it's ultimately just based on one reviewer's opinion, too. if pitchfork assigns this album to another member of the staff it might end up with a 9.0

10/10/2011 5:02:43 PM

aside from one or two songs, Wave Like Home is hard to listen to for me. the production is horrible.

10/10/2011 5:48:35 PM

http://www.kcrw.com/media-player/mediaPlayer2.html?type=live&id=kcrwlive

playing live now

11/18/2011 2:26:52 PM

^^Whatever. Old Friend, Flicker and Flutter, Seize a Shark, Heart Grows Old, Beach Foam, Little Dreamer are my jams. I've heard worse production and couldn't care less about that.

11/18/2011 4:58:06 PM

The drumming is pretty bad on that record, too.

11/18/2011 5:12:49 PM

VB - any way you could submit that latest video to Mike Judge? I think Beavis and Butthead would have fun with that one.

11/20/2011 2:33:41 AM

I have tickets to the show on the 27th. First time seeing Future Islands. Looking forward to it.

11/20/2011 2:37:50 AM

I'm leaving town on the 25th

11/20/2011 3:26:04 AM

i had tickets to a show last week, but couldn't make it

11/20/2011 7:02:28 AM

^^^ me toooo

11/20/2011 10:46:05 AM

Yeah, I'm another Future Islands virgin. I'm pretty excited.

11/21/2011 2:18:34 PM

Well, I guess I'll be going to this now...

11/21/2011 2:45:27 PM

That's a lot of pressure. I don't want ^ to bitch about how terrible the crowd is if I'm a part of it!

11/21/2011 9:42:11 PM

it's not in raleigh is it? crowd will probably be ok.

11/21/2011 10:20:51 PM

true but it looks like 50% will be tww'ers

11/21/2011 10:31:49 PM

tww name tags?

11/23/2011 2:23:57 PM

i too, have a couple tickets and am going.

11/23/2011 5:33:20 PM

Quote :

"it's not in raleigh is it? crowd will probably be ok."

a pure chapel hill crowd is much, much worse than a raleigh crowd, in my experience.

the constant talking, the standing there like zombies..... uggh.

11/23/2011 6:21:03 PM

tonight, we dance in hell.

11/27/2011 5:48:51 PM

you better dance, last future islands show at the cradle, the crowd fucking sucked

god i hate cradle crowds. though im debating getting a ticket and going anyhow.

/scrumples

11/27/2011 6:02:47 PM

I'm sick with pharyngitis and me and my girlfriend aren't going.

Didn't even get a chance to sell my ticket to someone at a cheap price.

11/27/2011 7:51:39 PM

There's a chance I won't be going either. Sigh....

11/27/2011 7:58:56 PM

well my girlfriend's car got broken into and the cops just left, so that settles that.

watch out around blount st area. this is the third breakin on blount between edenton and morgan this week.

11/27/2011 9:55:14 PM

Really mad I didn't go to this.

11/28/2011 1:10:23 AM

So. Fucking. Good.

Not quite a sellout (though it would be at the old Cradle), but the biggest crowd FI has ever played to as a headliner.

One night only "Beach Foam."

So fucking proud of them.

11/28/2011 1:40:50 AM

one night only?

11/28/2011 3:45:59 AM

It was great

11/28/2011 10:41:57 AM

yeah this was amazing

11/28/2011 11:50:29 AM

^^^ That was the first appearance for "Beach Foam" on the tour, and Sam suggested that they won't be playing it again. Maybe tonight, but not past that.

11/28/2011 11:55:02 AM

Ahh, weird. It's a great song. They should play it.

11/28/2011 4:28:31 PM

they (at least what I've heard from Sam) consider themselves a different band than they were when they wrote that song and songs from that era

it sucks

but it makes sense

11/28/2011 4:59:23 PM

My friend Erika made that band. And the cover art to In Evening Air.

11/28/2011 5:01:05 PM

God, that was an awesome fucking show.

There were plenty of Raleigh people there, haha.

[Edited on November 28, 2011 at 5:18 PM. Reason : ]

11/28/2011 5:17:52 PM

No disrespect intended if there are fans on here but...

ed schrader's music beat. what the fuck.

[Edited on November 28, 2011 at 6:01 PM. Reason : .]

11/28/2011 6:01:25 PM

I thought they (he) were pretty horrendous when I saw them at King's a while back, but whatever

[Edited on November 28, 2011 at 6:42 PM. Reason : (ed schrader not FI)]

11/28/2011 6:42:16 PM

With Ed, you either get him or you don't. Just like some people prefer great punk rock to great soul music and vice versa, I won't suggest that those who don't get it are dumb; it's just something that only appeals to certain people.

With that said, I fucking love Ed Schrader.

11/28/2011 6:53:01 PM

My favorite song was Gas Station Attendant. Really hit close to home for me.

11/28/2011 7:00:50 PM

Quote :

"ed schrader's music beat. what the fuck."

Quote :

"I thought they (he) were pretty horrendous when I saw them at King's a while back"

Also, VB just hipstered again,

Quote :

"With Ed, you either get him or you don't."

#whatelseisnew

[Edited on November 28, 2011 at 7:57 PM. Reason : k]

11/28/2011 7:52:29 PM

I mean, is it just for the live experience (whatever you want to call it) or do you actually pull out "I Can't Stop Eating Sugar" and rock out sometimes?

11/28/2011 8:02:50 PM

I own and have listened to Ed Schrader records, though it's much more entertaining when you can see it.

He also has a talk show that's good for a laugh.

11/28/2011 8:04:45 PM

Oh well then I'm definitely one that just doesn't get it.

11/28/2011 8:09:28 PM

He's saying it has the same appeal as paying any attention to that Monkey Time dude I think.

11/29/2011 10:22:51 AM

I THINK I'M A GHOST I THINK I'M A GHOST

11/29/2011 10:39:03 AM

All I remember about it is a dude beating on a drum the whole time with a spotlight on him, whilst screaming nonsense.

11/29/2011 10:45:57 AM

Yeah, that pretty much nails every single song. Oh except for that one song he went without any drumming or any accompanying bass. Sounded like some kind of cult shit.

It came off like an elaborate troll where he's just testing to see if anybody will actually become a fan of it.

11/29/2011 10:47:32 AM