The Isles

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And so New Yorks obsession with late-70s/80s Manchester indie continues: as Interpol and The Rapture are to Joy Division and The Mondays, so fey, bookish types The Isles are the bastard children conceived under a derelict iron bridge in one of Morrisseys dreams about Johnny Marr. Their debut is not immediate, not least because singer Andrew Geller breezily croons his deceptively dark tales of unrequited love like a gently stoned Moz. Instead, it slowly seeps in condensation on the walls of a Manchester bedsit. At the height of the heatwave, the Marrsian jangle of Eve of the Battle and Our Kitchen Test sound hazily summery. Keep listening til winter, though, and theyll take on a more menacing tone. Perfumed Lands then: a slow-burn album for all seasons.
-NME

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loubard wrote:
last week

Nice concert in dcliq (Luxembourg) sometime ago ^^ http://www.dqliq.com

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dafunkystar wrote:
January 2008

heard you on dirtyradio :D

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michaelheion wrote:
December 2007

Reminds me of a hybrid of The Housemartins and The Smiths. Low marks for creativity, but very listenable.

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crackerjaw wrote:
August 2007

hey kids. when are you coming back over? me and phil will be there in september. let's all meet up for beverages and laughter and a love-in. x

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sesame wrote:
May 2007

my computer crashed and i cant find any of the mp3s on limewire :( does anyone know were i can download it?

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helmut_perchu wrote:
February 2007

Hi I love the single our kitchen test discovered on Les inrocks Podcast . . . this is a new york band . . . on our kitchen we could recognize a bit Strokes riff I think :-)

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edejong wrote:
February 2007

nice CD!

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nand81 wrote:
December 2006

Es uno de mis grupos favoritos desde que escuché Our Kitchen Test y Eve of the Battle. Me parecen excelentes!

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Chris_Simpson wrote:
December 2006

i don't get it. is the NME review posted as artist description a good review???

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sesame wrote:
October 2006

no there from new yark.

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Pernille_ wrote:
October 2006

is this the danish band isles or what?

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sesame wrote:
September 2006

I fancy.

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