I felt like capping off the weak by adding a single track that I quite enjoy.
As you may notice, I don't spend too much time posting songs by or thoughts on currently hyped bands that have just dropped records. Plenty of other places do that far better and with far more dedication than I ever would. Besides, the bloggy bloggy hype thing is one of the reasons I secretly hate indie music anyway. For example, Black Kids were never good (sorry), so the recent change of heart by those P*tchf*rk idiots is not remarkable, even though it's all their fault that anyone ever heard of this band. Tapes 'n Tapes are as boring today as the day some asshole reviewer heard their first album and had his world strangely rocked, so the longevity of their popularity remains a mystery, and The Fiery Furnaces--as I have said before--are the worst band in the world.
So I don't really care to comment on just released material, unless I truly cannot control myself. Hence, I will be talking about a track from Islands' newest record Arm's Way, which is already at least 2-3 months old and is not exactly a hot topic. That's how I prefer it, personally.
For those who don't know, Islands is a Montreal band that emerged with 2/3 of The Unicorns, and is currently down to 1/3 of them. Trouble in paradise, you say? I don't know or care, because I don't find musical ensemble soap operas interesting. Chamber music quartets, yes. That being said, the lil' picture of the band I included is not accurate, as at least two of those dudes don't play with them anymore. They have at least two musicians who graduated from McGill's Faculty of Music, so on that count I suppose I should beam with pride.
The song, "I Feel Evil Creeping In" was introduced to me when I saw them live in support of their debut, Return to the Sea a couple of years ago. I thought it might end up as one of those live set songs that the band tires of when they actually get around to making their next record, so I was glad to see it make it's way onto this album, because it was one of the highlights of the show.
Demonstrating the lack of taste of everyone, I don't think this track made much of an impression on most people, which is funny, because it's the best song on the album.
I, on the other hand, love the steady build and the stone cold lyrics disinterestedly delivered.
You can find this song as Track #64--a/k/a the bottom--of the imeem player.
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