Islands is tagged as: indie, indie pop, canadian, indie rock, lo-fi
Messages from Montreal, Canada, Iceland is a 6 piece band that was founded in 2005 by the former frontman of The Unicorns Nick Thorburn (stage name cards with "Nick Diamonds") and drummer J'Aime Tambeur After the untimely closure of The Unicorns as they teetered on the verge of breaking through Iceland's debut release right back to the sea with its quirky sounds and refreshing melodies includes collaborations with members of Arcade Fire and Wolf Parade, this debut picks up where The Unicorns left off and takes the music to new heights without departing from The Unicorns unique if sometimes strange Appeal
Islands play beautiful pop melodies intertwined with elements of afro-pop hip hop and indie rock including one of the main gimmicks of the band The recorder is downloaded from The Unicorn, which is prominent in the song "Jogging Gorgeous Summer" Nick Diamonds of the band rules with an iron fist Other members include: Patrice Agbokou Aaron Harris, Alex Chow Chow Sebastian and Patrick Gregoire back to the sea their rookie effort was released on 4 April 2006 on the all-new Equator Records and Rough Trade in the UK digital distribution is handled by Alpha Pup
On 20 May 2008 Island released her second album, Arm's Way on Anti-Records
