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Islands get in <i>Arm’s Way</i> with album and tour

3:41 p.m. · April 9, 2008 · by Mike Burr

Montreal indie outfit Islands returns with its sophomore effort, Arm’s Way, set for a May 20 release date on Anti-. An mp3 of “Creeper” is available, and shows Islands in top form, though songwriter Nick Thorburn has said that Arm’s Way is a narrative work that truly takes shape when all of the songs are put together. The album’s track list is as follows:

01 The Arm

02 Pieces of You

03 J'aime Vous Voir Quitter

04 Abominable Snow

05 Creeper

06 Kids Don't Know Shit

07 Life In Jail

08 In the Rushes

09 We Swim

10 To a Bond

11 I Feel Evil Creeping In

12 Vertigo (If It's a Crime)

The band will be backing up the release with a short North American tour that will include stops at both Coachella and a Unitarian church:

04.16 Buffalo, NY: Soundlab

04.17 Cleveland Heights, OH: Grog Shop

04.18 Champaign, IL: IMC

04.19 Madison, WI: TBA

04.21 Denver, CO: Bluebird

04.22 Salt Lake City, UT: In the Venue

04.24 Los Angeles, CA:UCLA

04.26 Indio, CA: Empire Polo Field (Coachella)

04.30 San Francisco, CA: Bimbo's

05.23 Philadelphia, PA: First Unitarian Church

05.24 New York, NY: Webster Hall

06.16 San Francisco, CA: Bimbo's 365 Club

06.02 Chicago, IL: Logan Square Auditorium

06.24 Dallas, TX: Granada Theater

06.27 Atlanta, GA: Masquerade

Additional dates as well as venue information for Madison will be forthcoming. [Pitchfork]