Future Islands

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/30/14 at 6:50pm

Late to the party on this band, but I kind of like them. The lead singer is kind of amazing.
Apparently, this is the most viewed music clip in Late Show history

[jnb9872]

Posted: 7/30/14 at 9:13pm

That Letterman performance is hypnotic. Easily the most memorable late night musical guest spot I've seen in a while.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 7/30/14 at 9:33pm

"Seasons" is a masterpiece and really should stand the text of time. Song of summer, song of year, song of decade. I could just continue these hosannas. Managed to combine throwback of 60s pop with synths. And I have watched that performance many, many times.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/30/14 at 9:39pm

Their sound reminds me more of Roxy Music than anything.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/30/14 at 10:00pm

I think the new record gets really samey sounding at times and the more I listened to it, the more I thought it was right on the verge of collapsing into Coldplay hogwash and hooey. Still, I LOVED that Letterman performance and bought a festival ticket to specifically to see Future Islands and The National and Neutral Milk Hotel (for the second time, a band I never thought I'd see once!).

[Addison D.]

Posted: 7/31/14 at 9:59am

I've heard of Roxy Music...

[haterobics]

Posted: 7/31/14 at 10:37am

It is an oddly compelling clip, although the song itself didn't do as much for me as his performance...

The other strange Late Show band clip of late was The Orwells. I'm guessing they played a much shorter version than they did in rehearsal, leaving the show with a minute to fill at the end, so Dave asked them to play it again, but they just stood there not knowing what to do or if he was kidding or something, so Paul and the band started playing a pretty note-perfect version of their song instead?!

http://youtu.be/SJ9RXe4nn8E

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/31/14 at 10:44am

That Orwells thing is really adorable. And the lead singer is named Mario Cuomo. Roxy hates them.