hear-n-share

This is likely a band that needs little help, as Pitchfuck and their ilk will be jumping all over this if they haven’t already, but Islands’ debut album Return to the Sea is wedged so far into my earhole that I have to share. So for today’s Hear-n-Share we’ll ride to the Islands together, ah-ah, making love to each other, ah… um… er…

Okay, so Islands. Yeah. The offspring of the now extinct Unicorns [Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?], and sometimes erroneously described as a “side project” (unlike Th’ Corn Gangg), Islands on stage is Nicholas Thorburn (aka Nick Diamonds of the Unicorns), Jamie Thompson (aka J’aime Tambeur), Patrice Agbokou, Jim Guthrie (Royal City), Alex and Sebastian Chow, and Patrick Gregoire. On the album and in the studio, which is sometimes Jamie’s bedroom, Islands are joined by members of The Arcade Fire, as well as Subtitle and Busdriver.