At the end of this month, Future Islands will release their highly anticipated new album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore (4AD) set for release on January 26, 2024). And today, they’ve shared another new song, “Say Goodbye,” an examination of a long-distance relationship unraveling, with Samuel T. Herring crooning. “When I don’t wanna say goodnight / And every day without you Feels one closer to goodbye / I just need to make this world seem right /  You just sleep tight, til I’m on your side.”

“Say Goodbye” follows previously released songs “The Fight,” “Deep in the Night”, “King of Sweden” and “Peach”. More recently, the band shared “The Tower,” alongside a video directed by Jonathan van Tulleken (Top Boy, Shogun). This marks the second project Van Tulleken and Herring have worked on together following Apple TV’s The Changeling, whose first season aired this fall.

Future Islands on tour

3/16 – Guadalajara, Mexico – Teatro Studio

3/17 – Mexico City, Mexico – Vive Latino Festival

3/19 – Lima, Peru – Centro de Convenciones Barranco

3/21 – 3/24 – Bogota, Colombia – Estereo Picnic Festival

5/23 – 5/26 – South Derbyshire, UK – Catton Hall and Gardens

5/25 – Leeds, UK – Live at Leeds in the Park

8/1 – 8/4 – Waterford, Ireland – All Together Now