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Future Islands is a Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Dan Deacon, Beach House, Victoria Legrand, Joy Division and Jones. Those roots explain a lot about how Future Islands arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Twin Shadow, Sylvan Esso, Public Service Broadcasting, Yeasayer and Broken Bells, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Ezra Furman and Okkervil River, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Future Islands, reaching back through Dan Deacon and forward to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Future Islands connections
Future Islands grew out of Dan Deacon, Beach House, Victoria Legrand and Joy Division, shares an orbit with Twin Shadow, Sylvan Esso, Public Service Broadcasting and Yeasayer, went on to shape Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Ezra Furman and Okkervil River. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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