As Long as You Are | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Future Islands |
Cover: | Future Islands - As Long as You Are.png |
Released: | October 9, 2020 |
Genre: | Synthpop |
Length: | 44:25 |
Label: | 4AD |
Prev Title: | The Far Field |
Prev Year: | 2017 |
Next Title: | People Who Aren't There Anymore |
Next Year: | 2024 |
As Long as You Are is the sixth studio album by American synth-pop band Future Islands, released on October 9, 2020.[1] The album was the first to feature Michael Lowry as proper member of the band, after previously serving as their touring drummer since 2014.
As Long as You Are 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 74, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
All tracks are written by Gerrit Welmers, Michael Lowry, Samuel T. Herring, and William Cashion. All tracks are engineered and mixed by Steve Wright.[2]