Biography:
Islands is an indie rock band formed in 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and currently based in Los Angeles, California
Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Islands is a 6 piece band founded in 2005 by The Unicorns co-founder/songwriter Nick Thorburn (often performing as "Nick Diamonds") and drummer J'Aime Tambeur. Following the untimely disbandment of The Unicorns as they teetered on the brink of breaking through, Islands' debut release entitled Return to the Sea
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Other songs:
- In A Dream It Seemed Real
- Rough Gem
- Abominable Snowman
- Back Into It
- Christmas Tree
- Dont Call Me Whitney Bobby
- Dont I Love You
- Fear
- Hallways
- Heartbeat
- Here Here
- Humans
- I Feel Evil Creeping In
- In The Rushes
- Jogging Gorgeous Summer
- Life In Jail
- Lonely Love
- Nil
- No Crying
- No Milk No Sugar
- Oh Maria
- Stop Me Now
- Swallows
- Switched On
- Tender Torture
- The Joke
- This Is Not A Song
- Vapours
- Volcanoes
- Wave Forms
- Well Do It So You Dont Have To
- Where Theres A Will Theres A Whalebone
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Intro Chords F#/C#/G#m/B
F#/C#/B/!CLAP!CLAP!/B
F# Ebm
The world beat you for something nice
C# B
You worked hard died poor
F# Ebm
You mined what you died for
C# F# B C#
Diamonds di di di di di uh
F# Ebm
You can whistle my name
B
It's the mines in Africa
C#
That are to blame
F#
You can Scoop out my brain
Ebm B C#
Shape it into an ear and then tell me your pain
F#/C#/B/!CLAP!CLAP!/B
F# Ebm
I've been awake from the first day
B C#
Stayed awake stayed awake
F# Ebm
The rabbit linked up to the whole moon
B C#
Longer short road
Pre Breakdown: (in arpeggios) F#/B/Ebm/C#
F#/C#/G#m/B
instrumental: F#/B/Ebm/C#
F#
Dig deep but don't dig too deep
C# G#m B
When it's late you'll see the hole is empty and oh so deadly
F# C#
They want me raw and smooth like glass
G#m
They want it fast but they don't want flaws
I'm a girl's best friend
B
Can you cut I can cut 'cause I'm a rough gem
F#/C#/G#m/B
F# B
who lives in those lights in the distance
Ebm C#
why didntyou tell me the rain would help you out
F# B
I had a dream it was all a dream
Ebm C# F#
But it was ruined by the sun shining in through me
Ismael Serrano
Isobel Anderson
Isobel Campbell (...)
Israel Houghton
Israel Kamakawiw (...)