Forever grateful to everyone at The Late Show — from David Letterman to Stephen Colbert. That stage changed our lives. The night after our first appearance in 2014, we played the Orange Peel in Asheville. Tonight, we’re back there again.

Our new collection From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth is out now. Twenty songs spanning twenty years — rarities, long-hidden recordings, and songs that have traveled quietly among fans for years.

Looking forward to coming home to Baltimore — our second home — and playing Pier Six Pavillion on May 28.

Looking forward to coming back to Peru to join The Strokes in Lima on November 20. General on-sale begins Friday, May 22 at 10am local time. Tickets available via the link in our bio.

Thank you to everyone who came out to our first two Fountain of Youth Tour shows at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater. It felt really good to be back there.

The The Ink Well, originally released on a split 7” with Lonnie Walker, is available to listen to now wherever you stream your music.

The Fountain of Youth Tour starts on Friday at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater! Which show are you coming to? Remaining tickets are available via the link in our bio.

The Fountain of Youth Tour begins next week at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater. Hope to see you out there. Remaining tickets via the link in our bio.

Not long to go until we release From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth. To celebrate we've just added two new pieces of merch to our online store. Head to the link in our bio to pre-order them now!

“One Day,” live at Floristree in Baltimore, 2014. Glad this one is finally out in the world. Listen now.

Two more songs from From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth are out now — a collection of rare and long-hidden recordings tracing our journey from house shows and small rooms to the world this music opened up for us.

“Find Love” draws a bit of inspiration from @thecure.com “The Walk.” Originally written during the On the Water era, it’s now available on all streaming services.

General on-sale for the Fountain of Youth Tour starts in 10 minutes. Head to the link in our bio to get tickets. 📸 Jake Haseldine

To mark the announcement, we're releasing two new t-shirts — one featuring a design by Brian Blomerth, and another by Nolen Strals, who also created the album artwork. Both are available now via the link in our bio.

We’re excited to announce our upcoming Fountain of Youth Tour, kicking off May 15 in Wilmington, NC at Greenfield Lake Ampitheater. Artist pre-sale begins Wednesday, April 1 at 10am ET. Sign up via the link in our bio before 8am ET on April 1 for access.

“Find Love.” From the On the Water era, originally released as the B-side to “Before the Bridge” on a limited 7". Now available on all streaming services as part of our upcoming album From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth. Listen now.

“Sail,” one of two singles from our upcoming album From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth (out May 22), is out now. Written and recorded during the As Long As You Are sessions and released on a very limited 7" in 2025, it’s now finding its way out into the world.

From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth. Collected songs from the first twenty years. Out May 22. Pre-order now via the link in bio.

Tomorrow…

Some more of the incredible memories you've shared with us. We've enjoyed reading them all. Thank you for being with us over the past 20 years.

We've enjoyed looking back through the years over the past few weeks and we hope you have too. Now we want to know what your favourite Future Islands album is, let us know below.

2026. 20 years of Future Islands. From house parties to stages around the world, thank you for being there with us through every era of this journey. We wouldn’t be here without you — and it honestly feels like we’re just getting started.

2025 started with a winter writing session in Baltimore — the first sparks of the next album slowly beginning to take shape. The months that followed were spent deep in touring behind People Who Aren’t There Anymore.

We began 2024 with the release of our seventh album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore. After the long stretch from the release of ALAYA through the lost touring years, this was the first time in a while that an album could fully live its life in the world — release, tour, and connection.

Much of 2023 was spent touring in support of ALAYA, and by the end of the run, three years had passed since we’d released a full-length album. That fall, we mixed People Who Aren’t There Anymore and began making plans for a January 2024 release.

Amongst the many shows we played that year, one that will always remain close to our hearts was our appearance on ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ where we debuted ‘King Of Sweden’. The energy in The Ed Sullivan Theatre was electric. This was one for the books! #FutureIslands20

In 2022, the ALAYA tour continued through much of the year. In between runs, we’d slip into the studio whenever we could and begin shaping new material.

In 2019, finally home long enough to unpack our suitcases, we began sifting through the soundcheck jams and shaping new material. From those fragments came the first sparks of “Glada,” “Waking,” and “I Knew You.”

After releasing The Far Field in 2017, we spent most of 2018 on the road — tours, festivals, the whole run. Somewhere in there, we started recording soundcheck jams and saving ideas to come back to later.

2017 was a blur! We released our fifth album The Far Field and spent most of the year on the road. Highlights included our second performance at Coachella and a four-night residency at The Ottobar. This is “Through the Roses” from our 2017 KEXP session.

We also spent 2016 celebrating 10 years of Future Islands. #FutureIslands20

2016. We began the year with a feature on Jools Holland 2015/2016 Annual Hootenanny, honored to perform alongside incredible guests, including Sir Tom Jones.

March 3, 2014. A day that changed everything for us — our performance of “Seasons” on @letterman.bsky.social An incredible experience, and a true turning point. Later that month, on March 24, we released our fourth album, Singles, on @4ad.com, and spent the rest of the year on the road.

2013. We celebrated the 10-year anniversary of our first band, Art Lord & the Self-Portraits, with a one-night-only show at Kings in Raleigh. While rehearsing for that night, we began working on new material that would become our fourth album, ”Singles.”

2012. Six years in as Future Islands, three albums released and hundreds of shows played. We started teasing new songs that year — when we first played Light House, it didn’t even have a title yet. #FutureIslands20

The first time we ever performed in the UK, at Barden's Boudoir on 4th February 2009. #FutureIslands20

2008. Two years into being Future Islands and the release of our debut album Wave Like Home. We crossed the country with EAR PWR, played Alaska, did a second U.S. run with Adventure, and wrapped the year as part of the Baltimore Round Robin tour that fall.

Whartscape 2007 — pulled from deep in the archives. This was before we made the move up to Baltimore, shortly after finishing Wave Like Home, and we played some of those songs live for the first time that afternoon. #FutureIslands20

A very early performance of Heart Grows Old, live in 2006. #FutureIslands20

Today we celebrate 20 years of Future Islands! #FutureIslands20

When you take my hand I understand where you end and that's where I began.

Some more live memories from last year. Where did you see us in 2025?

I've been away too long, too long to be afraid.

Don't cast away, don't cast away, don't let them cast a role for you.

Behind the scenes of filming The Tower music video.

A little bit of BTS from our live shows this year.

Throwback to performing ‘Seasons (Waiting on You)’ with BADBADNOTGOOD live for Red Bull Sound Select in LA. We’re glad to see this version of Seasons finding new life as part of the soundtrack for the newly released game Dispatch by AdHoc Studio.

What our music is striving for is allowing a place for people to feel safe, to be emotional, to commune with themselves and with the ghosts.

I am waiting on the other side...

There’s no feeling like standing on stage and sharing these moments with you.