Future Islands (band)

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Name = Future Islands


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Origin = Greenville, NC, USA
Instrument = Synthesizer, keyboard, bass guitar, Drum machine
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Genre = Synthpop, Future Shock, Post-Wave Dance
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Years_active = 2006–present
Label = Upset the Rhythm, 307knox, Search Wielder,
Associated_acts = Art Lord & the Self Portraits, Moss of Aura, The Snails, Ruin Yer Stereo
URL = http://www.futureislands.com
Current_members = J. Gerrit Welmers William Cashion Samuel Herring
Past_members = Erick Murillo Samuel N. Ortiz-Payero
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Future Islands (formed 2006) is a synthpop band based in Baltimore, Maryland. They are often associated with (and tour with) bands affiliated with Wham City. These include Videohippos, Santa Dads, Blood Baby, OCDJ, Adventure, Dan Deacon, as well and others.

History

The band met and formed in Greenville, NC while studying art at East Carolina University. At first it was Art Lord & the Self-Portraits, which was comprised of J. Gerrit Welmers, Samuel T. Herring, William Cashion, Adam Beeby, and Kymia Nawabi. That band lasted from February 2003 until Fall of 2005. In 2006, Cashion, Herring, and Welmers formed Future Islands with Erick Murillo, bassist for The Kickass.

Future Islands released "Little Advances" in April 2006 and a self-released split CD with Welmers' solo project Moss of Aura in January 2007. In July 2007 they recorded their debut album "Wave Like Home" with Chester Endersby Gwazda at Backdoor Skateshop in Greenville, NC. After a Halloween party in 2007, Erick quit the band. Upset! the Rhythm released "Wave Like Home" in the Summer of 2008. The cover art was designed by Kymia Nawabi, a former member of Art Lord & the Self-Portraits.

Discography

"Little Advances" (self-released - April 28, 2006) Split CD-R with Moss of Aura Split (self-released - January 6, 2007) "Wave Like Home" CD-R (Valiant Death Records - March 29, 2008) "Wave Like Home" Cassette (Search Wielder - April 19, 2008) "Wave Like Home" CD (Upset! the Rhythm - August 25, 2008)
Split 7" with Dan Deacon (307 Knox Records - August 5, 2008 - purple vinyl, limited to 1000)
As Art Lord & the Self-Portraits:
"Searching for a Complement" (self-released - August 2003)
"In Your Boombox" (self-released - October 2003)
"Ideas for Housecrafts" (self-released - February 2004)
"Snail" (self-released - 2005)
"Sad Apples, Dance!" featured on "Compulation Vol. 2: Songs from North Carolina" (Poxworld Empire)
"In Your Idea Box" digital-only "best-of" release (307 Knox Records - September 2008)