In Evening Air
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| Released | May 4, 2010 | |||
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| Length | 36:04 | |||
| Label | Thrill Jockey | |||
| Producer | Chester Endersby Gwazda | |||
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In Evening Air is the second album by American synth-pop band Future Islands, released on May 4, 2010, by Thrill Jockey records. It is titled after a poem of the same name by Theodore Roethke from his final collection, The Far Field. The album art was produced by former band member Kymia Nawabi.[1]
In Evening Air was heavily influenced by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's 1983 album, Dazzle Ships.[2][3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Future Islands[4]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Walking Through That Door" | 4:34 |
| 2. | "Long Flight" | 5:15 |
| 3. | "Tin Man" | 3:14 |
| 4. | "An Apology" | 3:44 |
| 5. | "In Evening Air" | 1:13 |
| 6. | "Swept Inside" | 4:47 |
| 7. | "Inch of Dust" | 3:34 |
| 8. | "Vireo's Eye" | 4:08 |
| 9. | "As I Fall" | 5:35 |
Notes
- "Long Flight" features samples of a recording of the STS-1 first orbital space shuttle launch on April 12, 1981 at Cape Canaveral Florida, recorded by William Cashion.
- The album title was inspired by a Theodore Roethke poem of the same name.
Personnel
Personnel taken from In Evening Air liner notes.[4]
Future Islands
- J. Gerrit Welmers – synthesizers, programming
- Samuel T. Herring – vocals, lyrics
- William Cashion – bass & acoustic guitars
Additional musicians
- Denny Bowen – drums, percussion
- Andrew M. Burt – violin on "Swept Inside" and "As I Fall"
- Owen Gardner – cello on "Tin Man", "Swept Inside" and "As I Fall"
- Chester Endersby Gwadza – additional programming
Technical personnel
- Chester Endersby Gwadza – producer
- Joe Galarraga – assistant engineer
- Heba Kadry – mastering
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.8/10[5] |
| Metacritic | 74/100[6] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [7] |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10[8] |
| Pitchfork | 7.6/10[9] |
| PopMatters | [10] |
| Sputnikmusic | 4/5[11] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [12] |
The album received mostly positive reviews with Pitchfork giving it 7.6/10.[9] The aggregated score from 11 critics on Metacritic is a rating of 74/100.[6]
Trivia
The songs Inch of Dust and Vireo's Eye were used for the TV series Shameless.
References
- ^ In Evening Air
- ^ Stamp, Tony (April 6, 2017). "The past and present of Future Islands". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
[Samuel T. Herring:] Dazzle Ships... became a huge inspiration and influence in creating our second album In Evening Air, not only in the sounds that we were using but in the actual track layout of that record.
- ^ Houghton, Richard (2019). OMD: Pretending to See the Future (expanded paperback ed.). This Day in Music Books. pp. 363–364. ISBN 978-1-9161156-2-0.
[William Cashion:] We kept coming back to Dazzle Ships as a reference... We made a huge leap forward with our [In Evening Air] album because of Dazzle Ships' influence.
- ^ a b In Evening Air (CD liner notes). Future Islands. 2010.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "In Evening Air by Future Islands reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ a b "In Evening Air". Metacritic. March 23, 2012.
- ^ In Evening Air at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Breen, Samuel (May 12, 2010). "Album Review: Future Islands - In Evening Air". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ a b "Future Islands: In Evening Air". Pitchfork. March 23, 2012.
- ^ Britt, Thomas (May 6, 2010). "Future Islands: In Evening Air". PopMatters. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ "Future Islands - In Evening Air". Sputnikmusic. May 28, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ Redmond, Jordan (June 14, 2010). "Future Islands - In Evening Air". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved April 19, 2018.