Last year I downloaded an album I saw on Pitchforks website that had some free samples to listen to. One of these songs was a very poppy upbeat track called 'Rough Gem'. It stuck in my head for months and I could not shake it. It was your pretty cheesy indie typical pop song, but what can I say everytime I listened to it I felt as happy as a teenage girl. I gave the whole album a chance and in the end thought it was pretty decent, but it was lost in the vast mixture of my iTunes library.
Flashfoward to 2008. I frequent a little site many of you know about called Pandora. In the beginning of the summer I became a junkie of finding out about everything I could about every band I heard streaming on thier site. It was then that I stumbled upon the group, Islands, once again. I came to discover that thier sophmore effort, Arm's Way, was a much more mature and well put together album. They have really hoined thier producing and when I think TIGHT album of 08 I think Arm's Way. Still poppy and really indie, but so much fun. I really want to review this baby a little better after listening to it about a million more times, but right now I just want you guys to check it out.
Start with tracks...
Pieces of You
Creeper
Kids Don't Know Shit (My Personal Fav)
look for the various classic rock chord teases througout songs as well and let me know your opinion on them. i.e. The Who.
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ReplyDeleteCould you let me borrow the album? From the songs I listened to I'm not sure if I dig them enough to buy it. But I'd definitely like to check it out.
OD, no prob man. I will bring you a COPY on Thursday. Not to be distributed...ha!
ReplyDeleteBTW, That Wolf Parade is growing on me. Likin The Grey Estates.
Ah, so you're listening to their new one? Nice. I'm a big fan of the last song on that album.
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