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Islands: "Vapours" (album review)

Sep 21, 2009, 4:07am

Over the course of two albums Montreal's Islands have defied labeling. That doesn't change with the band's third full length Vapours (out this week). Under the guidance of mastermind Nick Diamond, the band deliver another package of pop songs dressed up in electronics.Diamond and company again run the gamut with Vapours. There are plenty of electronically based songs such as "Tender Torture"

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