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Montreal's Unicorns, originally a duo formed by guitarist and vocalist Nick Diamonds and Alden Ginger, concocted mildly electronic lo-fi pop on
Unicorns Are People Too (2003) and
Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone (2003), that featured
drummer Jaime Tambeur.
Nick "Diamonds" Thorburn and Jaime "Tambeur" Thompson formed Islands, that debuted with
Return to the Sea (2006), highlighted by the
nine-minute acid lullaby Swans
and the surreal instrumental Tsuxiit.
Islands absorbed the influence of
Arcade Fire but inhabited their own
sonic niche, one that descended from slo-core, psychedelic pop and folk music
and embraced Caribbean, hip-hop and country music.
Having lost Thompson,
Arm's Way (2008) was, to say the least, disappointing: it sounded like
leftovers from the previous album, masquerading under a string section and a
generally more theatrical stance.
The humbler Vapours (2009), that relied instead on
vintage electronic devices, worked better and was their pop triumph,
albeit as derivative as it gets
(Tender Torture,
On Foreigner,
No You Don't,
Vapours,
Disarming the Car Bomb).
Nick Thorburn also played with
Human Highway and Reefer.
Meanwhile, Ginger formed Clues with Brendan Reed of Arcade Fire, but the
awkward Clues (Constellation, 2009) suffered from an identity crisis.
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