(Just Heard) Can someone please canonize Future Islands now?

This website has spent much time singing the praises of the synth pop trio from North Carolina and Baltimore, but we feel in our gut that their upcoming album On The Water will be the best summation of their ingeniously genuine approach to craft and lyricism. How do we know? Because they used a pellet stove to keep warm while recording it, of course, and also because they listened incessantly to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours throughout the process, as they holed up on the water (as it were) in E...

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