Future Islands: Tiny Desk ( Home) Concert

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It s the same spirit strippeddown sets, an intimate setting just a different space. Bob Boilen, January 25, 2021 It s been 10 years since the band Future Islands performed its first Tiny Desk concert. Now its four members are gathered not too far from their Baltimore base in Carroll Baldwin Memorial Hall, sans desk. We lost the desk, singer Sam Herring tells us with a smile. With drummer Michael Lowry on the tiny stage, the rest of the band including bassist William Cashion and Gerrit Welmers on electronics took to the floor, allowing Sam Herring to make his moves and sing his heart out. This music is clearly for the head and the feet. The songs are from their sixth and very recent album, As Long As You Are. Along with themes of loneliness and love, we also hear songs about race, which is most evident in The Painter,