The Way That You Laughed: Interview w/Future Islands
Interviewing bands is never an easy job. Skipping the clichés, getting straight to the point of knowing complete strangers whose art is nevertheless something you can be already very intimate with. It’s like speed dating, done in fast forward. Sometimes, though, unexpected things can happen and you may find yourself forgetting it’s a round of Q&As and enjoying the chat like a bunch of old friends would.
Future Islands, it has to be said, were no complete stranger to LDWT. Having featured them a few months ago in our Cross Paths section, we were already intrigued by the thoughtful sentimental journey of “On The Water”, their third album for Thrill Jockey, and by their incredible honesty and kindness. In the middle of their mammoth world tour – it feels like they have been touring the new album non stop for the last six months – the Baltimore’s trio happened to play close to us, close enough for us to get the cameras and tape recorders out and invite them to sit with us.
What came out of it was brilliantly unexpected, an in depth talk about being in a constant creative process, recording albums in the safe surroundings of a house, inviting friends to sing with you, dealing with relationships through poetry and Uk new wave bands. And, if that was not enough, Sam, William and Gerrit played a couple of numbers just for us, clips of which you can find in the video below.
An evening to remember.
We would love you to come in.
DIRECTED BY LDWT
EDITED BY NICO MURRI
SOUND DESIGN BY MOUSTACHE STYLE
Related posts:
3 Responses to “The Way That You Laughed: Interview w/Future Islands”
Leave a Reply
The Future Is Bright: THE FRESH & ONLYS 
Better Than Something: Interview with Ian Markiewicz and Alex Hammond 
Filming The Music: AG ROJAS 
Coyotes in My Backyard: TRAVIS MILLARD 
The Alchemy of Love and Fire: NEIL KRUG 
Drenched in The Rain of Dreams: Dimitri Drjuchin 
I CAN SEE FOR MILES: The Art of Jacob Escobedo 
mitici!
Interviewing bands should ALWAYS be like having a chat with old friends. Without that connections, that precious moment in time, us music journalists will be out of a job. Artists think they can reach their audience on their own but I ask them “have you ever had somebody point out an intrinsic part of your personality you had never been aware of? A quirk, a flaw, a blessing or a curse? That is what we do.”
*connection