Future Islands

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, Music

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 106 minutes

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The Baltimore-based synth-pop band Future Islands was first thrust into the national spotlight in 2014 after making their TV debut on The Late Show With David Letterman. The band’s unassuming frontman Samuel T. Herring danced ecstatically around the stage seething with emotion. The performance quickly went viral, making it one of Letterman’s most memorable live appearances of all time.

At the time of their big break, Future Islands had already released three albums and been touring relentlessly for nearly a decade. And while they would become one of the most prominent bands on the festival circuit for the next several years, Future Islands has always maintained a sense of unparalleled raw vulnerability on-stage—in part because of the deeply confessional nature of Sam’s songwriting and electric stage presence.

On today’s episode Leah Rose talks to Future Islands lead singer Samuel T. Herring about the band’s latest album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore. Samuel also describes the physical toll his energetic performance style has taken on his body over the years. And his long-held gripe with guitar-based music.

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0:41.7	The Baltimore-based synth- pop band Future Islands was first thrust into the National Spotlight in 2014 after making their TV debut on the late show with David Letterman.
0:52.0	The band's unassuming frontman Samuel T. Herring danced
0:55.6	ecstatically around the stage, seething with emotion. The performance
1:00.1	quickly went viral making it one of Letterman's most memorable live appearances ever.
1:06.1	At the time of their big break, Future Islands had already released three albums and been
1:09.9	touring relentlessly for nearly a decade.
1:13.0	And while they would become one of the most prominent bands on the festival circuit for the next several years,
1:18.0	future islands always manage to maintain a sense of unparalleled raw vulnerability on stage, in part thanks to the deeply
1:25.6	confessional nature of Sam's songwriting and his stage presence.
1:30.5	On today's episode, Leo Rose talks to Future Islands lead singer Samuel T.
1:34.2	Herring about the band's latest album People Who Aren't There Anymore.
1:38.0	Sam also describes the physical toll his energetic performance style has taken on his body over the years and his long-held
1:45.2	gripe with guitar-based music.
1:50.1	This is Broken Record, lineriner Notes for the Digital Age.
1:53.4	I'm Justin Richmond.
1:55.0	Here's Leah Rose's conversation with Samuel T. Herring.
1:59.3	When Future Islands started, what was important for you to convey to audiences through your performance style?
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