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The Far Field
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The Far Field
Artist
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Future Islands
Label
4AD
Catalogue Number
4AD0001DA
Release Date
April 7, 2017

Across "The Far Field"’s twelve chest-pounding love songs and odes to the road, Future Islands brilliantly express the band’s central themes they’ve been exploring for the last decade: that there is power in emotional vulnerability, that one can find a way to laugh and cry in the same breath – and be stronger for it.

The band began writing new material in January 2016 on the coast of North Carolina, and continued throughout the year in Baltimore before road-testing these songs at a series of secret shows under fake names. Later that year, they travelled to Los Angeles to record with Grammy Award-winning producer John Congleton at the legendary Sunset Sound, where everyone from The Beach Boys to Prince have laid down masterpieces. With string and horn arrangements by Patrick McMinn, "The Far Field" is the first Future Islands record to feature live drums by Michael Lowry, who joined the band prior to their sensational performance of ‘Seasons (Waiting On You)’ on David Letterman’s late night TV show. Blondie’s Debbie Harry also makes a guest appearance, in a duet with Herring on penultimate track ‘Shadows’.

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Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Aladdin 4:13 Buy

    Aladdin

  2. 2 Time On Her Side 3:38 Buy

    Time On Her Side

  3. 3 Ran 3:25 Buy

    Ran

  4. 4 Beauty of the Road 4:09 Buy

    Beauty of the Road

  5. 5 Cave 3:51 Buy

    Cave

  6. 6 Through the Roses 3:14 Buy

    Through the Roses

  7. 7 North Star 3:35 Buy

    North Star

  8. 8 Ancient Water 3:55 Buy

    Ancient Water

  9. 9 Candles 3:56 Buy

    Candles

  10. 10 Day Glow Fire 3:49 Buy

    Day Glow Fire

  11. 11 Shadows 4:05 Buy

    Shadows

  12. 12 Black Rose 3:24 Buy

    Black Rose

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