Future Islands

Forever grateful to everyone at The Late Show — from David Letterman to Stephen Colbert. That stage changed our lives. The night after our first appearance in 2014, we played the Orange Peel in Asheville. Tonight, we’re back there again.

Our new collection From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth is out now. Twenty songs spanning twenty years — rarities, long-hidden recordings, and songs that have traveled quietly among fans for years.

Looking forward to coming home to Baltimore — our second home — and playing Pier Six Pavillion on May 28.

Thank you to everyone who came out to our first two Fountain of Youth Tour shows at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater. It felt really good to be back there.

The The Ink Well, originally released on a split 7” with Lonnie Walker, is available to listen to now wherever you stream your music.

The Fountain of Youth Tour starts on Friday at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater! Which show are you coming to? Remaining tickets are available via the link in our bio.

The Fountain of Youth Tour begins next week at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater. Hope to see you out there. Remaining tickets via the link in our bio.

“One Day,” live at Floristree in Baltimore, 2014. Glad this one is finally out in the world. Listen now.

“Find Love” draws a bit of inspiration from @thecure.com “The Walk.” Originally written during the On the Water era, it’s now available on all streaming services.

“Find Love.” From the On the Water era, originally released as the B-side to “Before the Bridge” on a limited 7". Now available on all streaming services as part of our upcoming album From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth. Listen now.

“Sail,” one of two singles from our upcoming album From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth (out May 22), is out now. Written and recorded during the As Long As You Are sessions and released on a very limited 7" in 2025, it’s now finding its way out into the world.

Tomorrow…

Some more of the incredible memories you've shared with us. We've enjoyed reading them all. Thank you for being with us over the past 20 years.

2025 started with a winter writing session in Baltimore — the first sparks of the next album slowly beginning to take shape. The months that followed were spent deep in touring behind People Who Aren’t There Anymore.

We began 2024 with the release of our seventh album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore. After the long stretch from the release of ALAYA through the lost touring years, this was the first time in a while that an album could fully live its life in the world — release, tour, and connection.

Much of 2023 was spent touring in support of ALAYA, and by the end of the run, three years had passed since we’d released a full-length album. That fall, we mixed People Who Aren’t There Anymore and began making plans for a January 2024 release.

Amongst the many shows we played that year, one that will always remain close to our hearts was our appearance on ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ where we debuted ‘King Of Sweden’. The energy in The Ed Sullivan Theatre was electric. This was one for the books! #FutureIslands20

In 2022, the ALAYA tour continued through much of the year. In between runs, we’d slip into the studio whenever we could and begin shaping new material.

In 2019, finally home long enough to unpack our suitcases, we began sifting through the soundcheck jams and shaping new material. From those fragments came the first sparks of “Glada,” “Waking,” and “I Knew You.”

After releasing The Far Field in 2017, we spent most of 2018 on the road — tours, festivals, the whole run. Somewhere in there, we started recording soundcheck jams and saving ideas to come back to later.

2017 was a blur! We released our fifth album The Far Field and spent most of the year on the road. Highlights included our second performance at Coachella and a four-night residency at The Ottobar. This is “Through the Roses” from our 2017 KEXP session.

2016. We began the year with a feature on Jools Holland 2015/2016 Annual Hootenanny, honored to perform alongside incredible guests, including Sir Tom Jones.

March 3, 2014. A day that changed everything for us — our performance of “Seasons” on @letterman.bsky.social An incredible experience, and a true turning point. Later that month, on March 24, we released our fourth album, Singles, on @4ad.com, and spent the rest of the year on the road.

2012. Six years in as Future Islands, three albums released and hundreds of shows played. We started teasing new songs that year — when we first played Light House, it didn’t even have a title yet. #FutureIslands20

The first time we ever performed in the UK, at Barden's Boudoir on 4th February 2009. #FutureIslands20

Whartscape 2007 — pulled from deep in the archives. This was before we made the move up to Baltimore, shortly after finishing Wave Like Home, and we played some of those songs live for the first time that afternoon. #FutureIslands20

A very early performance of Heart Grows Old, live in 2006. #FutureIslands20

Today we celebrate 20 years of Future Islands! #FutureIslands20

When you take my hand I understand where you end and that's where I began.

Some more live memories from last year. Where did you see us in 2025?

I've been away too long, too long to be afraid.

Behind the scenes of filming The Tower music video.

A little bit of BTS from our live shows this year.

Throwback to performing ‘Seasons (Waiting on You)’ with BADBADNOTGOOD live for Red Bull Sound Select in LA. We’re glad to see this version of Seasons finding new life as part of the soundtrack for the newly released game Dispatch by AdHoc Studio.

What our music is striving for is allowing a place for people to feel safe, to be emotional, to commune with themselves and with the ghosts.

I am waiting on the other side...

There’s no feeling like standing on stage and sharing these moments with you.

Who can guess which song this is about?

Taken from our short film Road Dawgs which we released in 2014, shot and directed by Jay Buim. Watch it in full on our YouTube.

This performance of Tin Man live at Pitch Fork Music Festival just turned 10 years old, who was in the crowd?

I will never keep you from an open door. I know, you know.

On these roads, out of love so it goes. How it feels when we fall, when we fold.

Walking Through That Door live from our NPR Tiny Desk performance back in 2011.

A Dream Of You And Me live from Later with Jools Holland in 2014.

Sun In The Morning live from our 4AD Session in 2014. Who has heard this live?

King of Sweden live from Sydney Opera House last year. Who came along to the show?

Catching up with some of our fans during our UK/EU tour. How would you answer these questions?

She's a garden rose and blossoms head to toe and even when she leaves, her golden shadow stings.

Which of our music videos is your favourite?

Have you seen us perform Cave live?

King of Sweden live from The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Who tuned in to watch this performance?

Thinking back to this very insightful chat with Midnight Chats Podcast from last year, listen here bit.ly/3UFBHcl if you missed it.

Memories from our recent UK/EU tour. We’re looking forward to playing our last show of the year at Osheaga on Saturday, we hope to see you there. 📸Dara Christine, Jose Fernandes, Christian David.

Everything grows stronger in the light.

For spirit thrives where darkness comes to challenge you...

Thanks to everyone who shared their photos and videos from the UK/EU tour. We've loved seeing it all through your eyes!

Thinking back to this performance of Inch Of Dust live for @indieatl back in 2010.

Nothing beats this feeling. We can't believe Glastonbury was 2 weeks ago already. 📹 Jay Buim

Hit the Coast live from our 2021 Tiny Desk session (minus the desk due to Covid). Who remembers tuning in to watch when this was released?

A performance of Doves from our 4AD Session back in 2014, who has seen us perform this one live?

The first week of shows on our UK/EU tour have been incredible so far, we're looking forward to the rest! We're kicking off this week's shows tonight in Belgium, who will we see in the crowd?

ARE YOU READY? We are. 2 days to go untill we're back on the road.

And what's a song without you? When every song I write is about you.

It’s been 8 years since we last played @glastofest, but we’re finally coming back on 29th June to play The Park Stage! We can’t wait. Thinking back to this performance of Seasons from our 2015 set… Who was in the crowd?