Islands Have Never Sounded Bigger, Bolder, or More Confident Than on ‘Islomania’
After a five-year hiatus, Nick Thorburn reactivates his indie-pop outfit Islands with the highly listenable, ’80s-referencing Islomania.
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Where There’s a Will, There’s a Whalebone: An Interview with Islands
In celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Islands debut album, bandleader Nick Thorburn contemplates what he's getting out of the project and if this might just be the band's last hurrah.
Islands: Should I Remain Here at Sea / Taste
Islands’ latest two records are a liberated, iconoclastic take on a dual set of genres. Some of Nick Thorburn's clearest and most relaxed work, the albums serve as an extended meditation on the idea that music is simply a matter of taste.