---
title: Singles
type: Album
date: 2026-03-04
rating: 6
author: Future Islands
genre:
  - Synth Pop
year: 2014
status: Finished
image: singles-future-islands.jpg
tags:
  - album
colorSortKey: [0, 117, 6]
---

I learned of this band, as many people did, through the [Letterman performance](https://youtu.be/upPl9mZW_zw). And it is as stunning as the internet commentary leads you to believe. The album itself, though, leaves a little to be desired. It is samey — not in a particularly bad way, but in the sense that it feels like variations on the same song rather than a gestalt in of itself, as if they were hoping all ten tracks would get licensed by different auto manufacturers. It was not an unpleasant listen, but I think I will stick to the single, as the name suggests.