On the Water

by Future Islands

On the Water cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 October 2011
  • Label: Thrill Jockey
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:35
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Chester Endersby Gwazda, William Cashion, Victor Ruch, David Jacober, Samuel T. Herring, Kate Barutha, J. Gerrit Welmers, field recording

Album Notes & Community Reviews

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

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, theatrical, synth, shimmering

Tracklist

  1. On the Water (4:51)
  2. Before the Bridge (3:58)
  3. The Great Fire (3:15)
  4. Open (1:28)
  5. Where I Found You (5:44)
  6. Give Us the Wind (4:05)
  7. Close to None (6:19)
  8. Balance (4:06)
  9. Tybee Island (3:16)
  10. Grease (5:28)

Credits

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