Out of the ashes of Montreal band The Unicorns arose Islands, the new project of Nick Diamonds and J’aime Tambeur (who has now left the band). After crafting one of the better albums of the last few years, 2006’s Return to the Sea, Islands released a follow-up this year entitled Arm’s Way. The band’s sound is more of a fuller sound then that of the Unicorns, but still manages to keep all of the catchy hooks and fun that they had, but with soaring vocals, instrumental interludes, and an occasional rap thrown in. They did the rounds at the most recent SXSW,  stirring up swells of admiration by some heavies in the blog scene, but this is their first jaunt down to Austin promoting the new album.

Today you have a chance to catch the band not only once, but twice, as they are playing an instore at Waterloo at 5pm before their gig at Emo’s.

MP3> Islands ‘Creeper’

Islands Myspace 

This entry was posted on Monday, June 23rd, 2008 at 10:45 am and is filed under mp3's, recommended.