Baltimore-based trio head to Queens for latest area show (photo by Abram Sanders)
The Silent Barn
915 Wyckoff Ave. at Weirfield
Saturday, June 12, 8:00
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Melding post-punk and new wave in what they refer to as post wave, Future Islands play gliding songs built on sweeping synthesizers and steady drumbeats. Formed in Greenville, North Carolina, and based in Baltimore, the band consists of J. Gerrit Welmers on synths and programming, William Cashion on bass, and Samuel T. Herring on vocals. The trio has just released IN THE EVENING AIR (Thrill Jockey, May 2010), eight post-wave songs centered by Herring’s gruff voice singing about “the weight of the world,” along with the brief, gentle title-track instrumental, as if giving Herring a short break right in the middle of the record. Future Islands will be at the Silent Barn in Queens on June 12, on a bill with Lower Dens and Sensual Harassment.