Photo credit: Jason Tippett
Five years after the last Islands album and 15 years on from the underground classic debut Return to the Sea, the beloved project of profilic indie mainstay Nick Thorburn has re-emerged with the announcement of their 8th full length, Islomania. The album will be their first on the Toronto label Royal Mountain Records, who will release Islomania worldwide on June 11th. To mark the announce Thorburn has spoken to Stereogum about his retirement from music, his return and his remarkable and multi-faceted artistic career. Islands have also shared the lead single from the album, the infectious „(We Like To) Do It With The Lights On„.
WATCH: Islands‘ video for „(We Like To) Do It With The Lights On“ below.
„After quitting Islands in 2016, I briefly considered doing writing for others,“ says Thorburn. „I came up with the song title as a tossed-off joke. It seemed fitting with the kind of playful innuendo that seems to do well in the pop sphere. Once I started to flesh it out after booting up the band again, I realized it was mine, and for Islands only. I started it with the groove first, and built the melody off the top. This is like most of the songs on this record, which is new for me.“