https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ee4bfu_t3c
If you haven't listened to Future Islands yet, click on this link and be riveted. Their Letterman performance really gave them some momentum. Their album Singles taps into this idea of re-purposing 80's sounds and instrumentation into something fresh (kind of like Destroyer did on the Kaputt album). Plus, the lead singer is channeling something intense when he performs.
Some people are giving the band flack, saying the only reason for their popularity is the spectacle of (googled his name) Samuel Herring's dancing. Well, it definitely helps. If it helps expose people to the music, why not? A lot of bands are kind of bland when it comes to the performance side of things. I remember seeing Broken Bells, and the whole band just kind of...stood there and played. No real crowd interaction, just looking at their instruments.
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