Like the Men with Tomorrow’s Hits, Future Islands were going for some sardonic audacity when titling their fourth LP Singles. You know, this is some idea of pop music, some meta-notion of a singles collection, but not the kind of stuff that’d ever be mainstream today. Well, the joke is on them, or us, or everyone together, I guess: Singles actually did break the band in a big way, riding on the infectiousness of “Seasons (Waiting On You)” and their immediately immortal performance of it on Letterman back in March. While that song’s certainly a highlight, it’s not alone. True to its title, Singles actually feels like a glisteningly catchy but still take-no-prisoners greatest hits collection dropped in from nowhere. –Ryan [LISTEN]