Vapours (album)

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Vapours
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2009
Genre Indie rock
Label ANTI-
Producer
Islands chronology
Arm's Way
(2008)
Vapours
(2009)
A Sleep & a Forgetting
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. Club A− [2]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Arts Section(Positive) [5]
CHARTattack Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Now Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Paste 87/100 [8]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [9]
Spin 3.75/5 [10]
Music Emissions Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Vapours is the third studio album by Montreal-based indie rock band, Islands. It was released on September 22, 2009. [12] Talking to Pitchfork, singer Nick Diamonds stated how he stripped away many of the layers present on the previous Islands album, 2008's Arm's Way . "I needed to withdraw from overblown metaphors and filling every possible sonic space," said Diamonds. "So this record is just made up of sequenced programming, synths, drum machines, guitars, and real bass. And an electric sitar." In this album, Nick "Diamonds" began going by his real name, "Nick Thorburn" and original drummer Jamie Thompson returned to the band. [13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Switched On"3:31
2."No You Don't"3:44
3."Vapours"2:41
4."Devout"2:30
5."Disarming the Car Bomb"4:15
6."Tender Torture"3:33
7."Shining"4:00
8."On Foreigner"4:49
9."Heartbeat"3:09
10."The Drums"2:47
11."EOL"3:22
12."Everything Is Under Control [14] "4:07

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