Peals (band)

Peals
William Cashion performing as Future Islands at the Kosmonaut Festival 2015 in Chemnitz Oberrabenstein.
Background information
Origin	Baltimore, Maryland  United States
Genres	Ambient music, Krautrock, Experimental music, Folk music, Punk
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Thrill Jockey
Associated acts	Future Islands, Double Dagger, The Snails, Art Lord & The Self-Portraits, League Of Death
Website	pealsmusic.com
Members	William Cashion Bruce Willen

Peals is an American instrumental duo from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in early 2012 and composed of William Cashion and Bruce Willen. The two bass players of the Baltimore bands Future Islands and Double Dagger respectively, left bass, computer and drums aside to incorporate elements of ambient, folk, krautrock, punk, and experimental music into their project.

William Cashion started playing guitar when he was around 13, having had a couple of bands as a teenager. While attending the East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, he met Samuel T. Herring, with whom he started the band Art Lord & the Self-Portraits. The project would also include Adam Beeby, Kymia Nawabi and Gerrit Welmers. The band broke up in late 2005 and in early 2006, Cashion, Herring and Welmers formed Future Islands with Erick Murillo.

Bruce Willen had been in some bands in high school and done some solo home recordings for a few years. Originally a guitar player, he was oriented towards indie rock and folk. However, it’s the metal band League Of Death that Willen would start with Nolen Strals while attending the Maryland Institute College of Art. In 2002 League Of Death evolved into the post-punk band Double Dagger, which would break up in late 2011.

When Future Islands relocated to Baltimore in 2008, its members shared a house with Double Dagger's vocalist Nolen Strals and between 2008 and 2010, the two bands also toured together on several occasions. Double Dagger’s drummer Denny Bowen played live drums and additional percussion on Future Islands studio recordings and some live performances between 2008-2013, being one of the touring drummers for the Singles tour (2014), while Future Islands frontman, Samuel T. Herring contributed with vocals on the Double Dagger 2009 track “The Lie/The Truth”.