Islands Share “The Weekend” video with Pitchfork; On Tour Now with Lushlife & Honus Honus
Islands share official video for "The Weekend" filmed by Sebastian Grainger of DFA1979, via PitchforkTwo New Albums Taste and Should I Remain Here At Sea? Out Now On Manqué MusicOn Tour Now with Lushlife & Honus Honus
Watch: "The Weekend" official video via Pitchfork Islands have just released TWO new albums Taste and Should I Remain Here At Sea?. Both albums are available now on vinyl, limited edition cassette and digitally via Manqué Music. Taste and Should I Remain Here At Sea? are two distinct, entirely unique records, each one a wholly individual offering. Both releases are available to order now via
BandCamp
and iTunes (Taste &
Should I Remain Here At Sea?
) and via the
band's Pledge Music page
. The band shared the official video for “The Weekend” from Taste with
Pitchfork.
The video was shot on an iPhone on location in Bogotá and Santa Marta, Colombia by Sebastien Grainger (Death From Above 1979). Islands’ Nick Thorburn says, “In February 2016, I was going down to Colombia to act in a movie and since it was going to be my first time in South America, I decided to go a week early. On a whim, I asked my friend Sebastien Grainger to come with me. My bandmate Evan Gordon suggested that I make a video while I was down there, and since I'm terrible at being on vacation, Seb pulled out his iPhone and we got to work. ‘The Weekend’ is, in so many ways, about the idea of being a tourist, physically or otherwise, so it all seemed pretty fitting. We shot the video in Bogota and on the streets of Santa Marta.” This week, Islands kicked off their North American tour in support of the new releases. The tour will will make stops in Brooklyn, Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles and more. The west coast run will be supported by Honus Honus (of Man Man), while the east coast dates will be supported byLushlife. All upcoming shows are listed below. Last summer, Islands decamped to a little studio in Toronto to record the upcoming albums. Taste, Islands’ sixth record, is a muscular, crystalline affair, with the majority of the music electronic, buoyed by drum machines, programming and arpeggiated vintage synths. The songs still flirt with Islands’ bread and butter; evergreens such as ennui, remorse, and a general disenchantment with the modern world hover over the tracks, with lines like “we got so thrown, we felt lost at home” and “steal a little moment, lose it like you own it”, to hammer home the point. The songs cut a wide swath, however, and also go in directions that Islands has never tackled, including police brutality and white male privilege (!).Should I Remain Here At Sea? (a semi-reference to Tarkovsky’s "Solaris") Islands’ seventh album is, in many ways, a spiritual sequel to the debut album, 2006’s Return to the Sea; a natural, raw record, stripped down to it’s essentials, performed live off the floor. Reflecting on the decade that has elapsed, SIRHAS kicks off with a darkly funny tartness, tackling religion, race, addiction, and murderous fantasies, but by midpoint, the songs give way to a resigned and doleful melancholia, tackling heartache, numb disillusionment and emotional disorientation through the guise of stupid parrots, the Internet, sea turtles and perhaps the loneliest maritimer to ever sail the seas. It was recorded as spontaneously as could be, with some of the songs captured live in one take, vocals and all.Additionally, Nick Thorburn composed new music for season two of Serial, including the show's theme song. The soundtrack features additional scoring by Mark Henry Phillips and Fritz Myers and is available now to stream and download via
BandCamp
and Pledge Music. Speaking to
Vulture
Thorburn noted, "For the first season I used a lot of guitar stuff. This one I used a lot more synths. It’s a little more ambient-sounding. It’s not electronic, but it’s atmospheric. You identify the atmosphere. I think there can be a symbiotic relationship between the two [Serial Soundtrack], especially for Islands."
ISLANDS UPCOMING TOUR DATES
05.19 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le "Ritz" P.D.B
05.20 Allston, MA @ Great Scott
05.21 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
05.22 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
05.24 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
05.25 Columbus, OH @ Skully's Music Diner
05.26 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
05.27 Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
05.28 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
06.01 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
06.03 Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
06.04 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
06.05 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
06.07 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
06.08 Bakersfield, CA @ Temblor Brewing Company
06.09 Los Angeles, CA @ The Teragram Ballroom
06.10 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
06.11 Las Vegas, NV @ Bunkhouse Saloon
Watch: "The Weekend" official video via Pitchfork Islands have just released TWO new albums Taste and Should I Remain Here At Sea?. Both albums are available now on vinyl, limited edition cassette and digitally via Manqué Music. Taste and Should I Remain Here At Sea? are two distinct, entirely unique records, each one a wholly individual offering. Both releases are available to order now via
BandCamp
and iTunes (Taste &
Should I Remain Here At Sea?
) and via the
band's Pledge Music page
. The band shared the official video for “The Weekend” from Taste with
Pitchfork.
The video was shot on an iPhone on location in Bogotá and Santa Marta, Colombia by Sebastien Grainger (Death From Above 1979). Islands’ Nick Thorburn says, “In February 2016, I was going down to Colombia to act in a movie and since it was going to be my first time in South America, I decided to go a week early. On a whim, I asked my friend Sebastien Grainger to come with me. My bandmate Evan Gordon suggested that I make a video while I was down there, and since I'm terrible at being on vacation, Seb pulled out his iPhone and we got to work. ‘The Weekend’ is, in so many ways, about the idea of being a tourist, physically or otherwise, so it all seemed pretty fitting. We shot the video in Bogota and on the streets of Santa Marta.” This week, Islands kicked off their North American tour in support of the new releases. The tour will will make stops in Brooklyn, Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles and more. The west coast run will be supported by Honus Honus (of Man Man), while the east coast dates will be supported byLushlife. All upcoming shows are listed below. Last summer, Islands decamped to a little studio in Toronto to record the upcoming albums. Taste, Islands’ sixth record, is a muscular, crystalline affair, with the majority of the music electronic, buoyed by drum machines, programming and arpeggiated vintage synths. The songs still flirt with Islands’ bread and butter; evergreens such as ennui, remorse, and a general disenchantment with the modern world hover over the tracks, with lines like “we got so thrown, we felt lost at home” and “steal a little moment, lose it like you own it”, to hammer home the point. The songs cut a wide swath, however, and also go in directions that Islands has never tackled, including police brutality and white male privilege (!).Should I Remain Here At Sea? (a semi-reference to Tarkovsky’s "Solaris") Islands’ seventh album is, in many ways, a spiritual sequel to the debut album, 2006’s Return to the Sea; a natural, raw record, stripped down to it’s essentials, performed live off the floor. Reflecting on the decade that has elapsed, SIRHAS kicks off with a darkly funny tartness, tackling religion, race, addiction, and murderous fantasies, but by midpoint, the songs give way to a resigned and doleful melancholia, tackling heartache, numb disillusionment and emotional disorientation through the guise of stupid parrots, the Internet, sea turtles and perhaps the loneliest maritimer to ever sail the seas. It was recorded as spontaneously as could be, with some of the songs captured live in one take, vocals and all.Additionally, Nick Thorburn composed new music for season two of Serial, including the show's theme song. The soundtrack features additional scoring by Mark Henry Phillips and Fritz Myers and is available now to stream and download via
BandCamp
and Pledge Music. Speaking to
Vulture
Thorburn noted, "For the first season I used a lot of guitar stuff. This one I used a lot more synths. It’s a little more ambient-sounding. It’s not electronic, but it’s atmospheric. You identify the atmosphere. I think there can be a symbiotic relationship between the two [Serial Soundtrack], especially for Islands."
ISLANDS UPCOMING TOUR DATES
05.19 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le "Ritz" P.D.B05.20 Allston, MA @ Great Scott
05.21 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
05.22 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
05.24 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
05.25 Columbus, OH @ Skully's Music Diner
05.26 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
05.27 Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
05.28 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
06.01 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
06.03 Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
06.04 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
06.05 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
06.07 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
06.08 Bakersfield, CA @ Temblor Brewing Company
06.09 Los Angeles, CA @ The Teragram Ballroom
06.10 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
06.11 Las Vegas, NV @ Bunkhouse Saloon
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