Albums I Love: Return To The Sea
After catching Islands a couple of times at SXSW, I have been on a serious tear with them lately. There is something special about an album that I can legitimately get obsessed with two seperate times. From the ashes of The Unicorns when Alder Penner left the band, Nicholas Thorburn and drummer Jamie Thompson formed Islands in 2005, and they recorded this instant classic album. Featuring guest appearances from members of Arcade Fire and Wolf Parade, I think that Return is a paradigm of how great music has become this decade. If you’ve never tried this one out, jam these tracks and videos and then go pick it up:
Swans (Life After Death)
Volcanoes
Of course the reason I bring this up is because Islands are about to release their follow-up album to this one, Arm’s Way, on May 20th. Jamie Thompson left the band between the two LPs, so now Islands seems to be completely Nick Thorburn’s own project now, with a retooled band around him that sounded incredibly tight at SXSW. Here is another track that is floating around the Internets from the upcoming album:
Creeper
I’m getting very excited about this one. The Islands are on tour as of next week and their last date is here in Atlanta on May 26th at The Masquerade. Don’t miss it. Here is the new album cover to ponder:
- Posted by Davy Minor on April 10, 2008 at 10:52 am
