The Far Field by Future Islands
"The Far Field" is the fifth studio album by American synthpop band Future Islands, released on 07, April 2017 on the 4AD label. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Future Islands’ 2014 effort <i>Singles</i> was a breakthrough for the synth-pop romantics. <i>The Far Field</i> dives further into their sound, combining the expressiveness of soul with the leanness of post-punk and New Wave, underlined by immediate songwriting and the strong, vulnerable voice of Samuel T. Herring. “I don’t believe anymore/I won’t grieve anymore,” he croons on the standout “Cave”. “’Cause what was gold/Is gone and cold.”
