People Who Aren't There Anymore

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People Who Aren't There Anymore
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Studio album by
Future Islands
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2024 (2024-01-26)
Recorded2020–2023
StudioWright Way (Baltimore)
Length43:55
Label 4AD
Producer
  • Future Islands
  • Steve Wright
Future Islands chronology
As Long as You Are
(2020)		People Who Aren't There Anymore
(2024)
Singles from People Who Aren't There Anymore
  1. "Peach"
    Released: August 18, 2021
  2. "King of Sweden"
    Released: February 16, 2022
  3. "Deep in the Night"
    Released: August 15, 2023
  4. "The Tower"
    Released: October 24, 2023
  5. "The Fight"
    Released: November 28, 2023
  6. "Say Goodbye"
    Released: January 8, 2024

People Who Aren't There Anymore is the seventh studio album by American synth-pop band Future Islands, released on January 26, 2024, by 4AD. [1] [2] [3] [4] Their fourth release on the label, the album was produced by the band and previous collaborator Steve Wright, who shared mixing duties with Chris Coady, the producer of the band's fourth album, Singles (2014). [1] [3]

Contents

Written and recorded between 2020 and 2023, the album chronicles the dissolution of frontman Samuel T. Herring's long-distance relationship across worldwide COVID-19 lockdowns. [5]

Artwork

The album was named after a painting by New Mexico-based artist Beedallo, whose painting Fading Memory of a Face serves as its cover. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.5/10 [7]
Metacritic 75/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Clash 8/10 [10]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Exclaim! 8/10 [12]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The Line of Best Fit 7/10 [14]
NME 3/5 [15]
Paste 8.2/10 [16]
Pitchfork 6.6/10 [17]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [18]

People Who Aren't There Anymore received acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by William Cashion, Samuel T. Herring, Mike Lowry, and Gerrit Welmers.

People Who Aren't There Anymore track listing [1] [19]
No.TitleLength
1."King of Sweden"4:11
2."The Tower"3:36
3."Deep in the Night"3:27
4."Say Goodbye"3:58
5."Give Me the Ghost Back"3:17
6."Corner of My Eye"3:53
7."The Thief"3:21
8."Iris"3:44
9."The Fight"4:27
10."Peach"3:12
11."The Sickness"4:01
12."The Garden Wheel"2:48
Total length:43:55

Personnel

Future Islands

Additional contributors

Charts

Chart performance for People Who Aren't There Anymore
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20] 141
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21] 95
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [22] 33
Scottish Albums (OCC) [23] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] 73
UK Albums (OCC) [25] 7
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [26] 3

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