Tough one to evaluate. Almost gave up on it after tracks 7-8 because the first half of this double LP is really pretty bad and i’ve been a Future Islands fan. Sam Herring should never get into that screamy voice as he does in a few of the first half. It’s literally like fingernails hitting chalkboard bad! The leadoff track is decent. Other than that, just skip to track 11 and find a completely different experience. Tracks 11-20 take you in a run that would easily rival any of ... read more
Overrated album, not “all-time” great material by any stretch of reality. Shelter from the storm is an iconic all-time great. Tangled up in blue is really good. Sprinkle in a few other decent tracks and its a good album, not great.
$hit god dam, get off your a$$ and jam! But only to Get off your a$$ and leadoff track, Good to your earhole. Not much else to write home about.
Nowhere near as good as their early stuff. First two tracks are decent, rest is downhill. Not a fan of the Alison Limerick vocals either.
The vocals are bad, just bad. After a while they pissed me off actually. Too bad really because the rest of the band sounds interesting and decent.