Book now: Future Islands at Sound Control

They converted Letterman. They’ve got a brilliant new album out, Singles, at the end of the month. So you’ll want to book your tickets for Future Islands before it’s too late. Hailing from Baltimore, the band have spent the years since their debut, Wave Like Home, building a reputation as one of the most vital, immediate and daring bands of the past decade. Signed to Thrill Jockey for follow-up records In The Evening Air and On the Water, the steady progression of the band’s atypical rhythms and unique poetry saw them picked up by 4AD for their forthcoming fourth record. Book now before it’s too late.

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Thu 8 May, Sound Control, 1 New Wakefield Street, M1 5NP Tel: 0161 236 0340, 7.30pm, £11.50, www.seetickets.com