I think Tiny Mix Tapes is really full of shit and helps only to sabotage the second coming of these guys. Mix Tapes is about them... not about the music. Dont allow preconceived opinions dilute your first impressions of the islands!

V good.

I think this record ombodies everything I loved about the Unicorns, and replaces everything I wasn't so crazy about with sounds and melodies and other stuff I think I enjoy even more. Wow. What a masterpiece!!

I'm a big fan of Wolf Parade and Arcade Fire. It's very nice to hear greats songs like those on this wonderfull album ... And nice to see an another great album comming from Montréal.

marks the evolution of the unicorns into one of the greatest indie bands of the decade. get it.

Definitely worth listening to, but not as immediate as The Unicorns. Still, the best thing to come out this year along with Liars and Destroyer. Top 5 album thus far.

Look, there are moments of strength here. The arrangements are creative, the music inspired and decently inventive, but lets be serious, indie needs to get honest with itself. If the vocals are terrible is not going to be a classic record. Not that unique vocals can't work, there are tons of example (Spencer Krug, Will Sherrif, Dan Bejar, Will Oldham) but come on people! Purely off key singing with no engaging quality just ruins the entire thing!… Expand

Doesn't quite reach the greatness or the energy of the Unicorns' Who Will Cut Our Hair... album, imo, but a beautiful piece of work nonetheless.

Don't listen to the negative reviews. If you liked wwcohwwg then you will like this a lot. It is amazing pop. i guess it is understandable that some people will not like this, but if you do like it, you will really, really dig it. Jogging Gorgeous Summer, Don't Call Me Whitney Bobby and Rough Gem will make your spring brilliant.

Christian G, Will Sherrif? I think you mean Will Sheff. Anyway, this album is pretty great. That's all I have to say.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM. If you like arcade fire or any of the unicorns work, youll love this album immediatly. My only complaint is the creepy intro narrator guy on volcano, i love the song its probly my favorite, but it coulda done without the creepy intro. ps indie vocal basher: i cant believe you just said dan bejar's vocals work better than nick diamonds (i love destroyer, but come on...its dan bejar)… Expand

This really can't touch WWCOHWWG?, but that's probably setting the bar awfully high. This album certainly has its moments of uber-catchiness a la "Jellybones" in "Don't Call Me Whitney", "Diamonds", and "Summer", but it lacks somewhat in the sonic assault that made the Unicorns' album so great. The sheer array of different instruments is incredibly impressive. I expect the next album to be a 10 again.… Expand

More mature, easier to understand, meaning better than The Unicorns. Another great, epic pop record, which seems to be the trend so far this year. Better with every listen.

Amazing album. Very catchy. Crank it up and immerse yourself in the instrumentation. Quirky, clever, inelligent pop. Deserves more attention then I know it's gonna get.

Very nice instrumentals

Beautiful, wonderful and silly album. Think of a cross between The Beatles, carribean music, children's music and Syd Barrett. These guys are a must see live.

Superb album! Unquestionablly one of the greatest albums of all time. (Only beat out by The White Stripes and The Raconteurs). A great band with much potential creating soaring melodies, beautiful soundscapes, and top notch pop. Listen Now!!!

A masterful and perhaps unwitting cover of some of Billy Joel's greatest melodies... Rough Gem completely captures (if not out and out borrows) "we didn't start the fire." i

so good, where theres a will theres a whale bone = awesome

Certainly an album that gets better and better. Catchy, fun loving and adventurous. Stylistically all over the place. So many different instruments sprinkled throughout. Every song is solid except #10. It has no redeeming qualities whatsoever, no idea how it made it on. Otherwise better than expected. Yay!

A Little too adventurous, it's like they are trying too hard to find their niche. Track #10 is horrible! Others pass by questioning... Why?

When I first heard this band I thought they really sucked. But after I listened to the album they too have good songwriting. problem lies in that the songs are too long, production is horrible, singer suxxx vocally, band is sloppy. Not for everyone, an aquired listen

Im not sure what some people are talking about.. the production value is fine, the loose feel of the band lends itself stylistcally to their carribean influences (not to mention Modest Mouse impersonation on track 1). Track 10 serves as a nice balance to all the overly upbeat tracks. I would say melodically this album borrows from Paul Simon much more than Billy Joel.. but whatever...Overall a nice effort.… Expand

The melody to track 4 is so close to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" it's distracting...you can literally sing along to "We Didn't Start the Fire" and it matches almost perfectly. Track 10 sucks. All subtle build-up with absolutely no payoff. But all in all, this is a really good album. I find some of the tracks to be terrific, many are good, a few are disappointing.

I really love this album. I'll have to agree with others that one or two songs are lacking (yes, track 10), but the rest are SO GOOD it totally makes up for it. I NEVER thought rough gem sounds like we didn't start the fire and now that you've said that I've gone back and listened to it and I still don't. Rough Gem is one of my favorite songs on this album and I think it's silly that people are comparing it to billy "i crash cars into houses" joel. the tempo is different, the instrumentation is different. the reason you can probably sing we didn't start the fire over the song is probably because the melody seems to maybe use roughly the same number of total notes (but i don't even believe this). but that's all. it just does not fit. that is one of the silliest comparisons i've ever heard. Anyhow, I think 2006 has so far been a pretty sad year in indie music, but this is one of the few good albums. I love it.… Expand

ill give it a ten if not for its feel good vibe but its its uniqueness. i havnt heard anything this adventurous in a while.

YAY! The Unicorns are back!

A pop masterpiece. This isn't the Unicorns back from the dead, Nick Diamond in a new project with a whole different mood, and sound than the Unicorns. This is a rich piece of work, it has probably the best pop song of the year (Rough Gem), a fantastic epic opener and some other great highlights such as "Don't Call me Whitney, Bobby", "Where There's A Whale There's A Whalebone", and "Bucky Little Wing". Definitely listen to this for some great organic pop and some great instrumentation. This album IS an adventure as someone else pointed out.… Expand

Album of the year so far.