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Earlier this summer we brought you " No You Don't ," one of the new tunes from the upcoming Islands record. Now we're pleased to let you get a listen to "Vapours." It's a lot more stripped down, at least in comparison to the Arm's Way , which allows Nic's genius to shine on through. Give it a whirl before the album comes out in September. Download: Islands - Vapours [MP3]

• Islands - Vapours

Nick Diamonds & company are set to follow up 2008's Arm's Way with their third studio album, Vapours . Due out in late September, the album marks the return of Jamie Thompson who had left the band following the release of their 2006 debut Return To The Sea. With Thompson back in the fold the new album presents another shift in sound (which can't be considered unexpected given their track record to date) from the sprawling orchestration of Arm's Way to more simplified use of drum looping and synthesizer. Here's the first [...]

• Islands - No You Don't

News via Musicslut via who knows where.... but coming off our Most Awesomest Tsururific Album of 2008, Islands is set to unleash Vapours on our asses in September! Start the anticipation!! My only concern? I read somewhere that in the less than positive response they got from critics and whatnot for Arm's Way , they were doing shorter more concise songs or whatever. I hope not. I hope they just do what's in their hearts & brains, everyone else can go to hell. From ANTI , [...]

Love More (<3) Yo! Majesty - Kryptonite Pussy Wow. This fine lady has ... well she hasn't exactly turned the tables, but she certainly came out of no where (as far as I'm considered). Remarkably she's a bit of a misogynist. See, Yo! likes the ladies, so her songs are kind of like the songs by male hip-hopper counterparts, except with a woman saying those things. It's a little off putting, and I don't really know what to think about it, but I'm [...]

De los múltiples proyectos del canadiense Nick Thorburn, el más importante -o mejor dicho, popular- es Islands . En 2006 nos conquistó a muchos con el Return to the Sea pero este año ya no tanto con el Arm's Way . Siento que ahora su música se ha vuelto un poco predecible y por lo tanto más digerible. Eso sí, me gustaría algún día verlos en vivo, he leído que sus shows son tremendos. "Creeper" es el último sencillo de su segundo álbum y es de mis rolas favoritas de [...]

It's been some time since the last Islands record, but I did not think they would come back with something as commercially ready as their latest album Arm's Way . Every song is beautifully crafted, lush with harmonies, strings and vintage guitar sounds that would made any audiphile snicker (but secretely like it). I'm pretty upset by the lack of steel drums, actually. After their first album, Return To The Sea , I went to the local Guitar Center, bought a steel drum and spent $10,000 on lessons thinking it was the [...]