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July 30, 2009

Islands Reveal Vapours Tracklist

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In addition to giving us a listen of lead MP3 "No You Don't" and revealing that steamy album art, today Nick Diamonds' reconfigured Islands offer a glance at the song titles that will constitute their forthcoming Vapours LP. The followup to last year's Arm's Way is out in September and sees the outfit welcome back original member Jamie Thompson on drum machines and sequencers on a twelve-song, 42 minute set. Try and pick Nick's lyrical mindset as your pore over the track names:

01 "Switched On" (3:31)
02 "No You Don't" (3:44)
03 "Vapours" (2:41)
04 "Devout" (2:30)
05 "Disarming The Car Bomb" (4:15)
06 "Tender Torture" (3:33)
07 "Shining" (4:00)
08 "On Foreigner" (4:49)
09 "Heartbeat" (3:09)
10 "The Drums" (2:47)
11 "EOL" (3:22)
12 "Everything Is Under Control" (4:07)

Vapours is out 9/22 via Anti-

On tour, mostly with Jemina:
08/19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Bell House
08/22 - Los Angeles, CA @ Sunset Junction Street Fair
09/28 - Tampa, FL @ Ritz Ybor
09/29 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
09/30 - Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
10/02 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
10/03 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos' Southend
10/04 - Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
10/06 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/07 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
10/09 - New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom
10/10 - Cambridge, MA @ House of Blues
10/12 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
10/13 - Pontiac, MI @ Clutch Cargo's
1014 - Toronto, Ontario @ Kool Haus
10/15 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean *
10/18 - Missoula, MT @ Badlander *
10/19 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey *
10/20 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rickshaw Theatre *
10/21 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre *
10/22 - Davis, CA UC Davis @ Oddfellows Lodge *
10/23 - Berkeley, CA @ UC Berkeley (Lower Sproul Plaza) *
10/23 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill (day show)
10/24 - West Hollywood, CA @ The Troubador *
10/25 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room *
10/27 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk *
10/28 - Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves *
10/29 - Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone Cafe *
10/30 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree Cafe *
10/31 - Atlanta, GA @ Lenny's Bar *
11/01 - Durham, NC @ Duke Coffee House *
11/02 - Baltimore, MD @ G-Spot *
11/03 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *
11/04 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East *
11/05 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *

* w/ Jemina Pearl

Posted at 5:15 PM by amrit in
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wow i feel like im being led on by a tease, just give me the album already

Posted by: roofy profile link at 07/30/09 5:33 PM  | Reply
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Islands died when The Unicorns disbanded.

Posted by: truth at 07/30/09 5:54 PM  | Reply
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islands didn't exist when the unicorns disbanded...

Posted by: doop at 07/30/09 6:22 PM  | Reply
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and im sure you've forgotten but "islands are forever"
maybe not the same lineup but the same beating heart is still there

Posted by: roofy profile link at 07/30/09 6:37 PM  | Reply
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>>Toronto, Ontario @ Kool Haus

no way the show will end up here--it will be downsized 4 sure

Posted by: vfd at 07/30/09 7:07 PM  | Reply
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that toronto show is them opening for someone else.

Posted by: d  in reply to vfd's comment at 07/31/09 8:24 AM  | Reply
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Really hoping that the rest of the album is better than that track.

Posted by: Grand at 07/30/09 8:29 PM  | Reply
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i feel you. what is it with bands taking horrible new directions these days? it wasn't so bad with dodos, but the new arctic monkeys just makes me furious. fingers crossed that the same doesn't happen with good old nick here.

Posted by: Nils profile link  in reply to Grand's comment at 07/30/09 8:47 PM  | Reply
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agreed with the arctic monkeys sentiment but this track is exactly what he prepped us for in the progress report. I like the track, it has enough of what islands was but with hints of an electro influence.

Posted by: roofy profile link  in reply to Nils's comment at 07/31/09 1:42 PM  | Reply
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Tom Cruise!

Posted by: Eric at 07/31/09 4:29 PM  | Reply
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this album is fucking bad. what the fuck is this digital schtick?? it sounds like they made the whole thing in fruity loops...

Posted by: na at 09/16/09 10:44 AM  | Reply
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