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Pitchfork ranks "Seasons" by Future Islands as the track of the year
Posted on 12/24/14 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 12/24/14 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 12/24/14 at 7:07 pm to danman6336
the article
quote:
A couple of years ago Future Islands were a tiny indie band on Thrill Jockey, gradually assembling a small but devoted cult. This year they got about as close as an indie rock band can to being a household name. You know what happened in between: a performance on “Late Show With David Letterman”, which found lead singer Sam Herring wilding out and owning the stage with some seriously goofy and committed dancing. Letterman was thunderstruck, and he sensed the gravity of what he’d just witnessed instantly. A meme was born. But while these digital fragments will always cling to this song and are the reason many people heard it, the song itself needed to matter.
All the pieces, starting with the arrangement and production, fell into place. The new wave of the ’80s was and is often mocked: funny haircuts, too many synthesizers, too much melodrama. But it also happens to the genre that best expresses a certain kind of open-hearted yearning. You can tell that Future Islands bassist William Cashion has listened to his share of Peter Hook, and he understands that his instrument is charged with translating emotion musically, seesawing between the “It’s like this, no, it’s like this” chord changes. The synths hover and sweep like credits could roll at any moment.
Like the ephemera that surrounds it, “Seasons (Waiting on You)” contains important things that seem in opposition but music, magic stuff that it is, somehow holds together. You can laugh about it and cry about it at the same time, giving in to its hyper-dramatic thrust makes you feel vulnerable and exposed but also gives you power. Herring was born with that growling voice but there’s always one layer where it sounds a little ridiculous, and then underneath that is a deep core of passion.
The song is a little moment that became a huge one because it expressed something beautiful and recognizable, which is to say it’s quintessential Future Islands. If you ever seen the band live, Herring stalks the stage like a James Brown or a Bruce Springsteen, beating his chest—he simply will not rest until he has personally reached and won over every person in the room. Irony is out the window, even if humor is not. On “Seasons”, he and the band demand human connection, acting as if it’s a matter of life and death, which of course it is.
Posted on 12/24/14 at 7:30 pm to danman6336
The Letterman performance is truly awesome
Posted on 12/24/14 at 9:57 pm to danman6336
I'm kinda digging the remix of Seasons more than the original.
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This post was edited on 12/24/14 at 10:04 pm
Posted on 12/24/14 at 11:22 pm to monsterballads
Song of the year imo
Posted on 12/25/14 at 12:20 am to TigerRanter
quote:Meh. Sounds like the exact same song with upbeat drumming added in. Not that it's bad but I'll stick with the original.
I'm kinda digging the remix of Seasons more than the original.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 11:18 am to danman6336
I'm okay with this...Seasons is great. Also like "Doves"...but the rest of the album was just not my style. Bombay Bicycle Club's "So Long, See You Tomorrow" would be album of the year IMO. That album is flawless.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 11:31 am to Dave England
Great song.
Just watched. I'm pretty sure that guy has histrionic personality disorder.
quote:
The Letterman performance is truly awesome
Just watched. I'm pretty sure that guy has histrionic personality disorder.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 12:30 pm to CBandits82
Doves is a great track. The rest of the album pretty much makes me cringe or lol.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 7:24 pm to urinetrouble
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I'm pretty sure that guy
looks like a minivan dad that just blew a gram of molly before the set
Posted on 12/28/14 at 2:10 pm to Chef Leppard
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looks like a minivan dad that just blew a gram of molly before the set
Posted on 12/29/14 at 8:43 am to Cdawg
Great album, my fav of the year.. sad I didn't know about this band when they played at Spanish Moon
Posted on 12/29/14 at 9:41 am to lsu2006
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The rest of the album pretty much makes me cringe or lol.
damn...I love almost the whole thing.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 9:47 am to danman6336
Hey Dan, do you like Future Islands?
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:15 am to CSCerky
While not a bad song, it's a pretty vanilla tune to have so much praise heaped upon it... Granted, this is the first time I have heard it and maybe it grows on you...
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