Taste
TASTE, Islands’ 6th record, is a muscular, crystalline affair, with the majority of the music electronic, buoyed by drum machines, programming and arpeggiated vintage synths. The songs still flirt with Islands’ bread and butter; evergreens such as ennui, remorse, and a general disenchantment with the modern world hover over the tracks, with lines like “we got so thrown, we felt lost at home” and “steal a little moment, lose it like you own it”, to hammer home the point. The songs cut a wide swath, however, and also go in directions that Islands has never tackled, including police brutality and white male privilege (!).
On their two new albums, Islands explore two sides of their personality: the largely electronic Taste is bitter and sharp-witted, while Should I Remain Here at Sea? is more freewheeling.
, Islands' sixth studio album, Taste, is a bright, sparkling addition to their catalog.
Taste is one of two new Islands records being released on the same day. Make no mistake, though: they do not comprise a double album, but ra...