I've been following ISLAND since I found them accidentally while perusing past Flying Vinyl releases on Discogs (they've done it twice), and decided to give them a listen. Their deceptively slow songs with very clean, arpeggiating and cascading guitars backed by casual drums and the raw voice of Rollo Doherty were infectious, and obviously many others feel the same and it was impossible to find one of their previous records at a good price. The album cycles between many types of slick guitar playing, with scales chords and everything in between, an efficient interplay between guitars and tempos, and multiple filters on the guitars. Rollo Doherty doesn't disappoint, his soulful vocals filling the songs with emotion. The bass and drums don't try to do anything fancy, but they effectively drive and hold together the songs. Try is a bit weird for its synth basis, but it does work and fits with the aesthetic of the album. The guitar work is pretty impressive and the mixing g
