"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.”