Arm's Way

Arm's Way

Infobox Album |
Name = Arm's Way
Type = Album
Artist = Islands


Released = May 20, 2008
Length = 68:06
Genre =
Label = ANTI- [ [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/48655-islands-sign-to-anti--records Islands sign to ANTI-Records] , article on Pitchfork's webite]
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kxfqxzujldse link]
*Drowned in Sound (9/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/13220 link]
*Music-Reviewer.com (10/10) [http://www.music-reviewer.com/june-2008/rock-pop-alternative/islands-::-arms-way/ link]
*Patrol Magazine (7.0/10) [http://www.patrolmag.com/index.php?id=443 link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.2/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49981-arms-way link]
*PopMatters (6/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/58848/islands-arms-way/ link]
*QRO Magazine (7.3/10) [http://www.qromag.com/alphacontent/reviews/album_reviews/view/islands_:_arm%27s_way/ link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/20726662/review/20777346/arms_way link]
*Spin Rating|4|5 [http://www.spin.com/reviews/islands-arms-way-anti link]
*Strange Glue Rating|4|5 [http://strangeglue.com/reviews/islands-arms-way link]
*Tiny Mix Tapes Rating|4|5 [http://www.tinymixtapes.com/Islands,6275 link]
Last album = "Return to the Sea"
(2006)
This album = "Arm's Way"
(2008)
Next album =

Arm's Way is the second studio album by Montreal-based Indie band, Islands. It was released on May 20, 2008 on CD and download. The album's title is a play on the words "". The album leaked online on April 11, 2008 [ [http://www.secretunicornsforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22585/ Arm's Way leak thread] , on The Secret Unicorns Forum] .

Concept and Production

Drummer Aaron outlined the album's concept and the band's songwriting approach thus:

We took a different approach with this album in that the music is focused on the band members - there are not any special appearances. "Arm's" was conceived in Montreal, we wrote the songs in a room with old NOFX and Insane Clown Posse posters on the wall. As a band we put the music together and then singer Nick Thorburn wrote the lyrics. [ cite web | url= http://thefmly.blogspot.com/2008/05/islands-interview.html | title= Islands Interview | publisher = FMLY]

Track listing

# "The Arm" - 5:38
# "Pieces of You" - 4:06
# "J'aime Vous Voir Quitter" - 3:23
# "Abominable Snow" - 4:35
# "Creeper" - 3:15
# "Kids Don't Know Shit" - 5:11
# "Life in Jail" - 5:27
# "In the Rushes" - 7:00 (contains a portion of A Quick One While He's Away by The Who)
# "We Swim" - 5:06
# "To a Bond" - 7:47
# "I Feel Evil Creeping In" - 5:31
# "Vertigo (If It's a Crime)" - 11:01

The full album is streaming on the band's MySpace page. [ [http://myspace.com/islandsareforever myspace.com/islandsareforever] , Islands MySpace page]

The band's first concert promoting "Arm's Way" was at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C.

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