Future Islands record direct to vinyl for RSD

To celebrate Record Store Day 2015 on April 18th, Abbey Road invited Future Islands to the studios to record a brand new exclusive track called The Chase, direct to vinyl.

The band played live from Studio Three, where the audio was sent direct from the mixing desk by recording engineer Paul Pritchard to one of Abbey Road's vinyl cutting lathes and cut live, direct to disc, by mastering engineer Christian Wright.

An exclusive premiere of this one off recording, accompanied by an interview with Future Islands and Christian Wright will air on April 18th between 7 and 10am on Mary Anne Hobbs' BBC 6Music show. This marks the worldwide exclusive of the band's first new material since the release last year of their critically-acclaimed album Singles.

With nearly a decade of touring and three albums under their belts, Future Islands finally received the attention they deserve with Singles - their boldest and most immediate work to date.

The Baltimore-based trio began 2014 as the toast of SXSW after scooping the Grulke Prize for Developing US Act before winning over a legion of new fans with that TV performance of Singles opener Seasons (Waiting On You) on the David Letterman show, followed by a similarly game-changing appearance on Later…With Jools Holland. Since then, the plaudits poured in, with Singles featuring prominently in critics' album of the year polls, whilst 'Seasons…' topped Songs of 2014 charts in MOJO, NME, The Guardian, Time Out and The Line Of Best Fit.

Abbey Road have continued to offer vinyl cutting services and the recent renewed interest in the format has meant the studio's lathes have been in high demand.

Vinyl mastered and cut at Abbey Road for Record Store Day 2015 includes releases by Joy Division, Ride, Deep Purple, Biffy Clyro, Lloyd Cole & Georgie Fame, Procol Harum, Johnny Cash, The Saints, Sylvian and Sakamoto and James Yorkston.