Future Islands announce their seventh studio album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore

The seventh album from the band - Samuel T. Herring (vocals, lyrics), William Cashion (bass, guitars), Gerrit Welmers (keyboards, programming), and Michael Lowry (drums) - follows 2020’s As Long As You Are. People Who Aren’t There Anymore heralds a new chapter for Future Islands despite them having formed nearly two decades ago.

Along with the announcement, the band share a new single from the album, "The Tower", alongside a video directed by Jonathan van Tulleken (Top Boy, Shogun). This marks the second project van Tulleken and Herring have worked on together — the two collaborated on Apple TV's The Changeling.

"The Tower" follows previously released singles "Deep In The Night", "King of Sweden" and "Peach", which also feature on People Who Aren’t There Anymore. The album was co-produced by Future Islands and Steve Wright, and mixed by Steve Wright and Chris Coady who returns to working with the band for the first time since the 2014 album, Singles.

On working with Herring on the show and with the band on "The Tower" video, van Tulleken says: “Anyone who’s seen Sam on stage shape shift with his whole body and voice from heart wrenchingly tender to fantastically ferocious knows that he is a truly, magnetic, performer. This was no small reason why he was cast for a role in The Changeling where he plays a complex character who appears to be one thing whilst actually another. It was a role that would be no easy task for even the most seasoned actor but Sam, applying all his stage craft, charisma, smarts and natural empathy, absolutely nailed it producing a riveting performance."

"I loved working with someone who came to acting via this persona they had built in their music. To then get to collaborate on a music video with the band was a delight, especially one which explores that duality of light and dark literally and metaphorically. Finding that same captivating, haunting, performance but this time with the track as script.”

Tracklist:

1. King of Sweden
2. The Tower
3. Deep In The Night
4. Say Goodbye
5. Give Me The Ghost Back
6. Corner Of My Eye
7. The Thief
8. Iris
9. The Fight
10. Peach
11. The Sickness
12. The Garden Wheel