加拿大獨立搖滾樂隊The Unicorns在2003年發行了《Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?》后解散，成了加拿大搖滾家族里頭另一支聰慧早夭的隊伍。樂隊成員Nick Diamonds與J'aime Tambeur決定于2005年重起爐灶，另組成新樂隊Islands。持續闖蕩江湖。 Islands是一組以Nick與J'aime兩人為核心的音樂公社，其余成員可視用途或場合的不同來做調整。配合編曲與現場演出的需求，不同才藝的樂手共同腦力激蕩，使Islands的包容性與延展度均大幅提升。首張專輯《Return To The Sea》在自家廠牌 Equator Records名下推出（封面采用了十九世紀德國知名的表現主義畫家Caspar David Friedrich名作The Sea Of Ice），并邀得了Arcade Fire與Wolf Parade成員助陣。 …… 更多簡介↓ by Kenyon Hopkin After the breakup of popular experimental lo-fi indie rock band the Unicorns, members Nicholas Thorburn (aka Nick Diamonds; vocals, guitar, keyboard) and Jaime Thompson (aka J'aime Tambeur; drums) formed Islands, which found the two more focused on brighter production and neo-psychedelic indie pop. Since forming in early 2005, the Canadian band has also featured a fluctuating lineup of contributors on a wide variety of instruments, both live and on record. That list includes Alex and Sebastian Chow (the 1993 and 1994 World Super NES Fest champions), Jim Guthrie (grandson of Woody and nephew of Arlo), and rappers Subtitle and Busdriver. Islands released the debut album Return to the Sea in April 2006 through Rough Trade in the U.K. and Equator in North America. For one of its first shows, Islands opened for Beck at the 2005 Pop Montreal music festival, followed in October 2005 by a short tour with Beck. On another tour in early 2006 the band was opening for Metric. That May the band announced that Tambeur would be leaving Islands, citing a loss of interest in being in a band.