Talk:Future Islands

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Explain the name Future Islands[edit]

74.60.161.158 (talk) 19:54, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

When Art Lord & the Self Portraits disbanded in late 2005, its members had forgotten having discussed with the band Texas Governor about the possibility of touring together. ^[1] Future Islands was formed in early 2006 to keep that commitment, so the band had to come up with a new name quickly.^[2] Narrowing it down to two choices: Future Shoes and Already Islands, the names were then combined into Already Shoes and Future Islands.^[3]^[4]^[5] According to the band, the name Future Islands is meant to be vague.^[6] On a radio interview given in late 2015, Samuel Herring explained: Wapunguissa (talk) 16:37, 21 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

We'd just started this band as right just before played our first show, and kind of the idea at that point was realizing - you know, we were all still 20-21 years old - that there might be a time, even if we were such good friends for many years, there would be a time when we wouldn't be together. Maybe we wouldn't be in the same city, maybe we wouldn't have a band together. And the idea that - of us being people who - we have our own group of friends now, the way we move away from friends that maybe you went to high school with, and find a new group of friends in University and then maybe someone has a job and moves away, or somebody starts a family and we all kind of become of islands on our own. So in that emotional sense that's kind of I what was thinking early, early on.
— Samuel T. Herring, in Future Islands live in session for Mark Radcliffe, BBC radio 6, September 8, 2015

Uploaded this audio sample to the article as it is no longer available on-line Wapunguissa (talk) 17:05, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Zach Moldof (February 18, 2015). "Days of Future Islands Past". noisey.vice.com. Noisey, Music by Vice. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
^ Grant Britt (November 16, 2010). "Future Islands create genre for itself". clclt.com. Creative Loafing Charlotte. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
^ Al Shipley (March 24, 2014). "Future Islands: How a Band of Outsiders Became Pop Heroes". wonderingsound.com. Wondering Sound. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
^ Tyler Grisham (March 29, 2012). "Future Islands". pitchfork.com. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
^ Randy Schafer (January 28, 2012). "Future Islands bring elements of past to present". www.redandblack.com/. The Red & Black. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
^ Brett (January 28, 2012). "Interview: Future Islands - Catching up with William Cashion". bmoremusic.blogspot.pt/. Be More Musically Informed. Retrieved April 21, 2016.

Origins[edit]

Why does it say that their origin is in Baltimore, Maryland if the band formed in Greenville, NC? I get that they live in Baltimore now, but "origin" is not the right word for that. Offensivename (talk) 15:51, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Offensivename: I don't get your comment. The article only refers the band being Baltimore-based, not having it's origins there. On live shows they introduce themselves as being from Baltimore via North Carolina. Wapunguissa (talk) 13:53, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I developed the part on Art Lord & the Self-Portraits to stress the North Carolina origins. Will be adding more sources to it. Wapunguissa (talk) 16:25, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Wapunguissa: The article mentions that they formed in Greenville, but the InfoBox lists Baltimore as their city of origin. That's why I asked. Seems like a pretty clear conflict. Should probably find another word to say they're based in Baltimore rather than using "origin." Offensivename (talk) 17:39, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Offensivename: I see what you mean now and you are right. But I think the box alredy said Greenville once and somebody changed it. The term "origin" is set for all the Infobox Musical Groups Templates, but I'm gonna change it's content back to Greenville because the guidelines there say:

"The town, city etc., from which the group or musician originated (that is, the place where the group was founded, or where individual performer started their career, should it not match the location of their birth). If the place is not known, specify at least the country. Do not add a flag icon. Omit the country if it does not differ from that specified at the field "birth_place"."Wapunguissa (talk) 18:26, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Wapunguissa: Sounds good to me. I think it's pretty clear in the article that they're based in Baltimore now. The guidelines are about as forthright as they could be. Offensivename (talk) 19:08, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I moved Art Lord & the Self-Portraits to a main article: it became too much information.Wapunguissa (talk) 17:03, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Expanding Article[edit]

Following the discussing on "Origins" and having developed the "Art Lord & the Self-Portrait" section of the article, I did the following changes:

Developed the remaining sections about Future Islands albums to similar lenghts
Added existing (more updated) photos of band members from Wikimedia Commons
Added section on Musical Style and influences
Added section on Live performance
Added sub-section on Touring
Added "Seasons", "Tin Man", and "Grease" music sample

I am currently adding more sources to the articleWapunguissa (talk) 02:40, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Zach Moldof (February 18, 2015). "Days of Future Islands Past". noisey.vice.com. Noisey, Music by Vice. Retrieved April 21, 2016.

[2] Grant Britt (November 16, 2010). "Future Islands create genre for itself". clclt.com. Creative Loafing Charlotte. Retrieved April 21, 2016.

[3] Al Shipley (March 24, 2014). "Future Islands: How a Band of Outsiders Became Pop Heroes". wonderingsound.com. Wondering Sound. Retrieved April 21, 2016.

[4] Tyler Grisham (March 29, 2012). "Future Islands". pitchfork.com. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 21, 2016.

[5] Randy Schafer (January 28, 2012). "Future Islands bring elements of past to present". www.redandblack.com/. The Red & Black. Retrieved April 21, 2016.

[6] Brett (January 28, 2012). "Interview: Future Islands - Catching up with William Cashion". bmoremusic.blogspot.pt/. Be More Musically Informed. Retrieved April 21, 2016.

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