Hailing from Montreal, Islands is a 7 piece band founded by former Unicorns front man Nick Diamonds and drummer J'aime Tambeur. Probably Nick's most accessible work to date, this album picks up where the Unicorns left off and, without departing from their unique and peculiar appeal, takes things to new heights.

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Order and receive 3 preview MP3s from Arm's Way. Montreal's Islands flower from the same scene that gave us Arcade Fire and Wolf Parade. Their Anti debut finds them in full command of a palette of classic pop colorings, from the 70s rock heroics of "The Arm" to the slinky cinematic pop of "I Feel Evil Creeping In".

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Montreal's Islands flower from the same scene that gave us Arcade Fire and Wolf Parade. Their Anti debut finds them in full command of a palette of classic pop colorings, from the 70s rock heroics of 'The Arm' to the slinky cinematic pop of 'I Feel Evil Creeping In'.

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'The Arm' is a disembodied harbinger of death, from what I can gather, which turns the protagonists' partner into 'a lifeless carcass in a badass car crash.' It's the 'badass' that stops the line from being morbid, and that makes the rhyme. The use of 'badass' to defuse what was almost a truly gruesome image has been a signature Thorburn move since the Unicorns. Change up the hooks before they get old, interrupt sentiment with absurdity, cut a letter off the front end and make the cliches new. -paperthinwal   [ read more ]

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This is an 12" x 18" Islands poster from the May 11, 2007 show at the El Ray Theater In L.A. Designed by: Remi Arora

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Hailing from Montreal, Islands is a 7 piece band founded by former Unicorns front man Nick Diamonds and drummer J'aime Tambeur. Probably Nick's most accessible work to date, this album picks up where the Unicorns left off and, without departing from their unique and peculiar appeal, takes things to new heights.

MP3 $9.99

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Islands' Arm's Way isn't a complete disaster, but it flirts with it before ending up as merely a seriously flawed and unenjoyable album. Their debut was a ramshackle mess of kitchen-sink experimentation that worked a treat thanks to the band's endearingly weird arrangements and undeniably catchy songs. Much like an album by front man Nick Thorburn's previous band, the Unicorns, there was humor and devil may care attitude coursing through the grooves. Arm's Way makes the mistake of taking thin   [ read more ]

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Islands' Arm's Way isn't a complete disaster, but it flirts with it before ending up as merely a seriously flawed and unenjoyable album. Their debut was a ramshackle mess of kitchen-sink experimentation that worked a treat thanks to the band's endearingly weird arrangements and undeniably catchy songs. Much like an album by front man Nick Thorburn's previous band, the Unicorns, there was humor and devil may care attitude coursing through the grooves. Arm's Way makes the mistake of taking thin   [ read more ]

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