Rough Gem : Islands
Album: Return To The Sea 2006
Born from the indie-pop ashes of the favorite underground band The Unicorns in 2005, Return to the Sea is the debut album of a great new Canadian band (Montreal to be exact). In fact there has been a lot of good music coming from Canada lately (Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, New ographers, Feist, etc.) and Islands are riding that wave. Where The Unicorns (and a lot of other similar bands from the indie rock tree) were chaotic, lo-fi experimenters in the stranger side of indie-pop, Islands are a much more mature and emotional band, adding a variety of new instruments to their repertoire, some unusual to what you’ve heard from other indie-popsters (i.e. strings, accordions, upright bass, etc.) for a much more adult and often whimsical sound. You don’t have to be a fan of The Unicorns or indie-pop in general to like this album , all you need is two functioning ears and two hands to clap along.
What really stands out for me in this album is the ludicrous and often surreal lyrics like “You can Scoop out my brain /Shape it into an ear and then tell me your pain” –just par for the course in this album. The most appropriate way I can describe these guys is that they’re strangly lovable and lovably strange. It’s too bad that this band doesn’t get more exposure and recognition.
Much thanks to Equator Records for releasing this album. ISLANDS ARE FOREVER!
Go buy the rest of their albums too.
My personal favorites are
Rough Gem
Volcanoes
Swans (Life After Death)
Duration : 0:3:37
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
This is an awesome …
This is an awesome song. I saw it on Halo 3 Mythbusters and I tryed to find it and now I did. :O
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
if i didnt show u …
if i didnt show u this song i wonder what the world would be like today
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
this is beautiful.. …
this is beautiful… very soothing
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
magnificent. =]
magnificent. =]
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
If this song was a …
If this song was a girl I’d want her really really bad…
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
awesomeness
awesomeness
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
beautiful
beautiful
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
love this song
love this song
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Best song ever
Best song ever
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
love this (:
love this (:
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
omg thats when i …
omg thats when i listend to this song to and holy its amazing
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
holy this song …
holy this song is to good to be true
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
me too =D and i …
me too =D and i cant stop listening to it u.u
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
i lisen to this …
i lisen to this song everyday, it’s just so good!
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
i heard this on …
i heard this on halo 3 mythbusters episode 5
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
a month ago and I’m …
a month ago and I’m still coming back.. luv dis!
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
thank you sirius …
thank you sirius satelite radio for showing me this amazing song
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
never knew they …
never knew they were in a halo vid..
islands is just a sick band =)
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
wow all the things …
wow all the things halo 3 videos have shown me XD
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
I loved this song …
I loved this song LONG before I saw that Halo Mythbusters episode.
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
so true
so true
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
halo fans, i think …
halo fans, i think this music was just right for that episode.. =D
it’s cool
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
no it wasn’t …
no it wasn’t actually in the game just a video for it
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
halo 3 mythbusters …
halo 3 mythbusters 5 ftw
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
i never play halo …
i never play halo so i dont know what the rest of you are talking about. seems like an odd music choice for a 3rd person shooter.