On the Water

by Future Islands

On the Water cover art

Recorded in a coastal studio in North Carolina, the Baltimore trio's third album embraces a warmer, slightly more subdued synthpop sound. Sam Herring's intensely theatrical, passionate baritone anchors the record's highly romantic, bittersweet reflections on isolation and longing.

Genres

  • Synthpop

Tracklist

  1. On the Water
  2. Before the Bridge
  3. The Great Fire
  4. Open
  5. Where I Found You
  6. Give Us the Wind
  7. Close to None
  8. Balance
  9. Tybee Island
  10. Grease