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In Evening Air
Studio album by
Future Islands
ReleasedMay 4, 2010 (2010-05-04)
Genre
Length36:04
LabelThrill Jockey
ProducerChester Endersby Gwazda
Future Islands chronology
Wave Like Home
(2008) 		In Evening Air
(2010) 		On the Water
(2011)
Singles from In Evening Air
  1. "Tin Man"
    Released: 2010
  2. "In the Fall"
    Released: 2010

In Evening Air is the second album by synthpop band Future Islands. The album was released on 4 May 2010 on 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]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.8/10[2]
Metacritic74/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Drowned in Sound7/10[5]
Pitchfork7.6/10[6]
PopMatters[7]
Sputnikmusic4/5[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes[9]

The album received mostly positive reviews with Pitchfork giving it 7.6/10.[6] The aggregated score from 11 critics on Metacritic is a rating of 74/100.[3]

Trivia

The songs Inch of Dust and Vireo's Eye were used for the TV series Shameless.

References

  1. ^ In Evening Air
  2. ^ "In Evening Air by Future Islands reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "In Evening Air". Metacritic. 23 March 2012.
  4. ^ In Evening Air at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. ^ Breen, Samuel (12 May 2010). "Album Review: Future Islands - In Evening Air". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Future Islands: In Evening Air". Pitchfork. 23 March 2012.
  7. ^ Britt, Thomas (6 May 2010). "Future Islands: In Evening Air". PopMatters. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Future Islands - In Evening Air". Sputnikmusic. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  9. ^ Redmond, Jordan (14 June 2010). "Future Islands - In Evening Air". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
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