Live music review: Future Islands, Cork Opera House

Since supporting Dan Deacon at Andrew’s Lane Theatre in Dublin and playing to 14 people in Whelan’s later that year, 2009, the trajectory for Future Islands has been on a steep upward curve.

An acclaimed indie band, releasing a couple albums on the Thrill Jockey label, they signed to 4AD — home of the National, whose rise Future Islands echo — for breakout album Singles, putting in a show-stopping performance on David Letterman’s show along the way.

A couple years on from two sold-out shows at Vicar Street, they stopped off in Cork Opera House as part of an Irish tour this week — oh how far they’ve come.