In Evening Air

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]

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

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.

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References
  1. In Evening Air
  2. "In Evening Air by Future Islands reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. "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. "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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