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Future Islands

North Carolina trio Future Islands calls its sound “post-wave,” and it’s a striking description: Crystalline synths and rusty drum-machine beats drift within the group’s New Order-influenced compositions. Scene-stealing front man Sam Herring possesses a gruff growl, and he rumbles faux-English-accented, singsong vocals over Future Islands’ synth-pop flow. After falling in…

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