The historical score shows how big an act was at the time of that edition, on a scale of 100 against the biggest acts of all editions. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Rock Werchter 2017, Best Kept Secret 2018
- Active since
- 2006
- Albums
- People Who Aren’t There Anymore 2024
- As Long as You Are 2020
- The Far Field 2017
- Singles 2014
- On the Water 2011
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 1 nummer, hoogste #1441 (Seasons (Waiting on You))
- in the list since 2020, 5 years
- per song
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
egoFM 5 1,2 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 2 0,5 per week FluxFM 2 0,5 per week KEXP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 212 1,3 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 83 0,8 per week since Nov 2024 Studio Brussel 47 0,3 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 30 0,3 per week since Dec 2024 NPO 3FM 23 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 egoFM 5 1,0 per week since Oct 2026 KINK 3 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 FluxFM 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026
De Tijdloze on StuBru
De Tijdloze is the all-time list of Studio Brussel, the Flemish rock station. Listeners vote for their favourite songs every year, and since 1987 StuBru has broadcast the top 100 at the end of December. Since 2019 the rest of the vote is known as well: 500 places in 2019, around 2,000 since 2021. A place above 100 did not make the broadcast. The figures come from tijdloze.rocks, an independent site that keeps every list since 1987. Click a column header to sort.
| Song | From | Years in the list | 2025 | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasons (Waiting on You) | 2014 | 5 (2020–2025) | #1441 | #997 (2022) | #1533 (2021) |
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People Who Aren’t There Anymore | 2024 | #141 (1 wk) | – | – |
| As Long as You Are | 2020 | #105 (2 wk) | – | – |
| The Far Field | 2017 | #31 (7 wk) | #64 (2 wk) | – |
| Singles | 2014 | #51 (24 wk) | – | – |
| On the Water | 2011 | – | – | – |
| In Evening Air | 2010 | – | – | – |
| Wave Like Home | 2008 | – | – | – |
How popular is Future Islands compared with other countries?
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2017 | 16 | D | 42 / 65 | 56 | 15 | – | 19 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2018 | 17 | B | 16 / 55 | 22 | 15 | – | 19 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2018 | Best Kept Secret 2018: Festivaldag 1 | Dansende Beren | 09/06/2018 | dagverslag |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ▲Friday, June 2018 · Best Kept Secret
- ▲Friday, July 2017 · Rock Werchter
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Seasons (waiting On You) 21 |
| Willy | Belgium | Find Love 20 · Seasons (Waiting On You) 5 · A Dream Of You And Me 3 · Spirit 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Thrill 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | A Dream of You and Me 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Find Love 19 · One Day 5 · Hit the Coast 4 · Seasons (Waiting On You) 4 · Sail 4 |
| egoFM | Germany | The Tower 1 · Spirit 1 |