New Islands - "No You Don't"
At the end of September, Nick Diamonds & his shape-shifting Islands are following up 2008's Arm's Way with their third studio album, Vapours. The 12-song collection includes the drum machines and sequencers of Jamie Thompson, who left the band after the 2006 debut, Return To The Sea. As a result of the shift in the arrangements (or vice versa), the songs are less epic and more insular than last time out with Diamonds jamming more hooks and less prog excursions into Vapours' 42 minutes. Which doesn't mean the title track won't give you a triumphant horn arrangement, that you won't find orchestral martial drumming in closer "Everything Is Under Control," that "On Foreigner" doesn't meander by like a slightly cooled tropical breeze, "Tender Torture" doesn't take off with careening and swoony hooks, or that the appropriately titled "Hearbeat" won't use a little auto-tune. Get a sample of the collection via the poppy, defiant (and clattering, highly synthesized) second track, "No You Don't."
Islands - "No You Don't" (MP3)
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Vapours is out 9/22 via Anti-.
[Photo by Aliya Naumoff]
Posted at 10:15 AM by brandon in MP3
Tags: Islands
"Arm's Way" is from 2008.
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When I heard this yesterday I thought it was good but nothing special. But then today I woke up with the chorus stuck in my head. So that's gotta mean something! Excited for this record.
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Not sure i dig this track all that much. But several tracks on both of their previous albums took awhile to grow on me, so i'm giving Islands the benefit of the doubt here.
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Not sure i dig this track all that much. But several tracks on both of their previous albums took awhile to grow on me, so i'm giving Islands the benefit of the doubt here.
Score = -1
weird, i was just listening to return to the sea when i came across this. its pretty meh. i wasn't a huge fan of arm's way though. not sure if he'll ever make something as good as unicorns or return to the sea every again.
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i will be happy if this album has even one song as good as ruff gem. I like the song more and more as i listen to it.
Score = 4
ehhhhhhh. HUGE islands fan but i'm completely iffy about this track. fingers crossed; i hope when it comes out it just absolutely blows my mind.
Score = 2
so if you've already heard the whole album does this mean there will be a premature evaluation coming soon? Its feels like its been a while since we've had one anyways...
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Very enjoyable track. Quite different from Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? and Return To The Sea, but still great pop. I hope the rest of the album is as high quality and at least approaches those two albums. I think last year's Islands album was ambitious and enjoyable listening but ultimately disappointing compared to those two. Hopefully, the return of Tambour will make a difference.
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