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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.
(Written by Jakub Krawczynski)
In 2007 Ginger formed Clues, with Brendan Reed (ex-Arcade Fire) and Bethany Or. Or left the band shortly and was replaced by Ben Borden, Lisa Gamble and Nick Scribner. They debuted with eponymous album Clues (Constellation, 2009).
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