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- Summary: Nick Thorburn returns for the Canadian indie pop band's eighth full-length release produced by Chris Coady and Patrick Ford.
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- Record Label: Royal Mountain
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Jun 16, 2021Even Islomania's bleaker moments kinda bounce, refracting their darker sentiments in compelling ways. And in that, Islomania proves a lively, welcome return.
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Jun 16, 2021Freed from the spectre of Unicorns' success and freed from the burden of their debut Return To The Sea, Islands offers us the transcendent Islomania, their most convincing album in 15 years.
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Jun 21, 2021A litany of thrills lies within Islomania, an album that’s strikingly immediate yet reveals its layers and depths upon repeated listens.
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Jun 16, 2021Just a few left-field twists could have gone a long way toward breaking up this very conventional set. Thorburn’s best albums sound like nobody else could have made them. A lot of acts have already made ones like Islomania.
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Jun 25, 2021At certain points, Thorburn tries to add more gravity to the proceedings, but he needn’t have. The two more downbeat songs that close out Islomania sound a bit labored.
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Jun 16, 2021Songs like “Carpenter” and “Set the Fairlight” have some of that old-school Islands mentality, displaying Thorburn’s ability to write infectious grooves. But these moments are few and far between and easily overshadowed by the homogenous tones of “Natural Law Party” and the flighty “Marble”.