Seriously, this is important, probably. The Islands are two thirds of what used to be the Unicorns. I'm not sure which two-thirds and I don't care enough to find out. Hell, I'm not sure two thirds is the right amount of thirds to begin with. Whatever. That's just the way it is.
The Islands dropped a couple tracks on the blog-o-sphere last spring and then got sprung when the entire album leaked last fall. And then Nick Diamonds of the Islands or Unicorns or Whatever went all angry thread posting on his fans in the Secret Unicorns Forum. I'm going leave it at that.
The new Islands album Return to the Sea is as indie as it gets, borrowing from almost every know genre and giving the finger to most conventional chord progressions. The album should be out sometime this month, but the one website I checked didn't have any info on it and I don't care enough to do the follow up.
Ok, don't be mad. I'll quit messing around. First there was the Unicorns, a trio out of Canada composed of Nick Diamonds, J'amie Tambeur and Alden Penner. Then the Unicorns split after some internal wrangling. Diamonds and Tambeur reappeared later as the Islands, their new indie rock outfit, as well as Th' Corn Ganng, their new indie rock/hip hop side project that included LA rappers Subtitle, Busdriver and Vick Booz. The Islands' new album Return to the Sea should be out sometime soon while no word on an official Th' Corn Gangg release. Th' Corn Gang and the Islands both contributed to Beck's new release Guerolito.
And I seriously can't find a release date for the album.
How convoluted was all of that?
Stuff to Sample: From the Islands' Return to the Sea "Where there's a Will there's a Whalebone" and from Beck's Guerolito "Emergency Exit (Th' Corn Gangg Remix)"
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Hey, I think you linked the same song twice ("Where") instead of the Emergency Exit remix.
I'd like to hear that if you get a chance to fix it.
[1] Oopsy doodle. Link has been fixed. Thanks for the notice.
Oopsy doodle?? Did you get that from your mamma?
That's a snappy mix...have you heard the rest of Guerolito? I might have to actually make a purchase on some music.
[3] The rest of Guerolito is pretty good. Some of the mixes aren't that great but I have to highy recommend on the strength of "Heaven Hammer" which is Air's remix of "Missing," Diplo's mix of "Wish Coin" and Boards of Canada's "Broken Drum."