Future Islands: “Balance” and “Inch of Dust”

I originally was going to post Future Island’s video Ran, which I saw (actually, another version of the song) on the home page of WFUV in New York. I watched a couple of other videos and liked the songs as well. I am posting those because the videos are very well done. Above is An Inch of Dust, which is particularly well done. Below is Balance.

Here is Wikipedia’s profile of Future Islands:

Future Islands is an American synthpop band based in Baltimore, Maryland, and signed to 4AD, currently comprising Gerrit Welmers (keyboards and programming), William Cashion (bass, acoustic and electric guitars), and Samuel T. Herring (lyrics and vocals). The band was formed in January 2006 by Welmers, Cashion and Herring—the remaining members of the performance art college band Art Lord & the Self-Portraits—and drummer Erick Murillo. (Continue Reading…)

Here is the band’s website.

Home page photo: Florian Koppe