I kept seeing people on the 'internet' talking about Future Islands, a dismissed them as some boring hipster band who I wouldn't dig, based solely on their name. Then, the other night I came across this performance on American chat show Letterman on my Facebook news feed and I am obsessed.
I love EVERYTHING about this. First, and most importantly, it is a tune. Second, the front man, just wow. He doesn't look like some hipster front-runner, even if irony is the road they are going down. I wouldn't look twice if Samuel T. Herring serving me at the CO-OP when I buy my milk or if it was him delivering my post in the morning. He might not 'look' the star, but looks aren't everything, this guy makes up for it with his awkward yet passionate performance.
The dancing, facial expressions, funny voices, EVERYTHING. Brilliant. This will no doubt be your new favorite thing.