Islands

Montreal’s Islands consider ‘Arm’s Way’ to be their first ‘band’ album. It follows 2005’s inaugural and magnificent ‘Return To The Sea’ album. ‘Arm’s Way’ is a sprawling symphonic work of art, and it sees Nick Thorburn coming into his own as a composer, with he and his fellow Islands clearly at the height of their powers. Critics say, “Islands winks at pop convention but transcends the formulaic pop genre with layers of instrumental solos that teeter on discordant drama and uncontained feverish mirth…full of frolicking jovial pop ditties, ‘Return to the Sea’ brims with childlike whimsy showing that well-executed pop is back.” www.islandsareforever.com