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With it\u2019s grand interiors, sloping floor, a prominently cheery Mancunian crowd\u2026 and the smell of old crayons that never seems to shift.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">And this is expressed by Future Islands\u2019 frontman Samuel T. Herring, too, as he enters the stage and stands before his crowd as a silhouette against a haunting blue backdrop and says: \u201cfuck it\u2019s good to be here Manchester. To me, you\u2019re the real capital city\u201d.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">The crowd are already hooked before Herring even begins to shake the scale of ordinary so incredulously, that the night is made unforgettable.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">I\u2019ve heard him described as a dad-dancer, as the quiet guy in the office who has had a few too many drinks at the Christmas party and even as a psychotic headteacher but with the clean-cut shirt, tight black jeans and the mutton chops complete with a slightly balding head\u2026 it\u2019s easy to see where these descriptions have come from.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">As the 3-piece band are elevated around him, he is given his own area to move around. And move he does\u2026 like a caged animal set free.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">From the squats that make even the biggest gym buff look weak to the leaps that take him from one side of the stage to the other in a single stride, the perfectly timed step dances to the heaving chest pumps that disrupt his singing, and the downright strange hip-grinding, sensual moments Herring has with himself\u2026. I found it simply impossible to look away; impossible to define him or his stage presence to a single word or phrase.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">This carefully constructed but somehow totally sporadic set up is echoed in Herring\u2019s voice, too. His is one that will grab the attention of even the most stubborn ears. It\u2019s an utterly addictive throaty rasp, an almost hardcore metal growl, and a delicious purr in quick succession.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">They open with \u2018In The Fall\u2019 from their so-titled 2010 EP to which Herring searches to meet eyes with every single member of the audience. Followed by the popular single \u2018Ran\u2019 and crowd-favourite \u2018A Dream of You and Me\u2019 where we see Herring\u2019s performance border on theatrical as he sings \u201c<span style=\"margin: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);\">I asked myself for peace\/And found a piece of me\/Staring at the sea\u201d, reaching for the ground as if to grab something and holding it close to his chest.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">While Herring prowls the stage, band members Gerrit Welmers on keyboard and William Cashion on guitar do what they do best: they play. 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