- Band members: Evan Gordon, Nick Thorburn, Geordie Gordon, Luc Laurent
- Summary: This is the fifth release for the indie rock band led by Nick Thorburn.
- Record Label: Manqué Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Positive: 6 out of 9
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Mixed: 3 out of 9
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Sep 17, 201375In Ski Mask, Nick Thorburn has composed a record that captures the essence of his curious, unconventional indie pop band. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.91]
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Sep 19, 201372The blackened Ski Mask listens like a work in progress about how one would read an unfinished manuscript. Yet with every page turned, it’s a promising step forward towards what Islands are working to become: fulfilled.
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Sep 16, 201370Rather than chase his early highs, Ski Mask is the latest issuance of a unique voice continuing to explore his particularities and place them in new contexts.
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Sep 17, 201370Here, harmonies, bouncy synths and cheeky metaphors abound, and, besides a few clunky miscalculations, the record is an undeniably fun listen.
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Sep 16, 201364It's all pleasant, but when it's over, the only truly memorable song is "Wave Forms."
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Sep 16, 201360Perhaps Ski Mask's greatest virtue is that it demonstrates Islands' competency as a conventional rock act while dropping the occasional winking reminder that the band hasn't lost their ability to get weird.
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Oct 11, 201360If Ski Mask fails to be a hit now, though, give it 20 years and it'll be cult gold. [Nov 2013, p.102]
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