Blog: i guess i'm floating

Islands ' Return To The Sea is by far one of my favorite releases of the year...so naturally whenever that becomes apparent and the album's tracks can no longer hold me over, I begin a relentless search for b-sides. They may be castaways, but they aren't bastards. Specifically with an album like this one, where much of the music follows a similar suit, some songs even pulling harmonies and melodies from others, it's interesting to see the tracks that didn't make the final cut...because they usually end up being much different, not to say 'worse', than [...]