Islands Heading To Europe, Developing "New (Sub)Genre"

Islands will spend March and April playing European shows in support of their third album, Vapours.

Nick Thorburn and company will play shows in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the United Kingdom and Ireland from March 2 to April 2.

Thorburn recently told the Arts Section blog that he and Man Man frontman Honus Honus plan to record a new album in "a new (sub)genre we are developing, called Doom Wop." What the heck is Doom Wop? Thorburn apparently says it's "low frequency, and extremely slowed down music atop traditional doo wop harmonies. Or something."

With Honus Honus freaking out while wearing war paint, of course.

You can see Islands here:

March 2 Rennes, France @ L'Ubu
March 3 Paris, France @ Le Nouveau Casino
March 4 Tourcoing, France @ Le Grand Mix
March 7 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
March 8 Oberhausen, Germany @ Kulturzentrum Druckluft
March 9 Hamburg, Germany @ Hafenklang Hamburg
March 10 Berlin, Germany @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
March 11 Dresden, Germany @ Beatpol
March 12 Ebensee, Austria @ Kino Ebensee
March 13 Fribourg, Switzerland @ Fri-Son
March 16 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega
March 17 Oslo, Norway @ BLA
March 18 Stockholm, Sweden @ Strand
March 19 Helsinki, Finland @ Tavastia Klubi
March 23 Manchester, England @ The Deaf Institute
March 24 London, England @ Cargo
March 25 Brighton, England @ The Freebutt
March 26 Nottingham, England @ The Bodega Social Club
March 27 Bristol, England @ Thekla
March 30 Dublin, Ireland @ Academy 2
March 31 Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Auntie Annie's
April 1 Glasgow, Scotland @ Captain's Rest
April 2 Leeds, England @ A Nation Of Shopkeepers