Recorded in Oakland, California during Future Islands' first US tour in the summer of 2008, “Feathers & Hallways” was produced by Chester Endersby Gwazda and released as a 7" on Upset the Rhythm, in May of the following year.
The cover artwork is by Kymia Nawabi, a former member of the Art Lord & Self-Portraits, the band that preceeded Future Islands.
I think having good artwork is a big deal for any record. I think if a record has bad artwork I will just dismiss it, I just won’t even give it a chance. I think a lot of people share that opinion, that artwork is very important. Our friend Kymia… as I said, we write and record in our own world and she kind of makes… her artwork is definitely in her own world, in a way. The images she uses are all her own. We went to college with her and we’ve always admired her work and we love working with her. She also did the cover for the new e.p. and the Feathers & Hallways e.p. We definitely put a lot of weight on the art, and we want to make the albums look as good as they sound.
William Cashion
