Baltimore group Future Islands release lsquoAs Long As You Arersquo, their sixth studio record, via 4AD.nbsplsquoAs Long As You Arersquo looks to the past as well as the future, confronting old ghosts and embracing a new hope. It is an album about trust, full of honesty, redemption and ldquoletting go,rdquo allowing old wounds to heal and bringing painful chapters to a close.lsquoAs Long As You Arersquo also signals a new era for Future Islands. Drummer Mike Lowry officially joinsas a fullyfledged member and songwriter bolstering the founding trio of William Cashion, Samuel T. Herring and Gerrit Welmers. Together, the fourpiece took on official production duties for the first time, coproducing lsquoAs Long As You Arersquo with engineer Steve Wright at his Wrightway Studios in Baltimore.Their brand of new wave synthpop, full of bright melodies and heavenly choruses, is as euphoric and uninhibitedly joyful as anything the band have done in their 14year career.
