Return to the Sea
Encyclopedia
Return to the Sea is the full-length debut by indie rock
band Islands
. It was released April 4, 2006 on Equator Records
.
The cover painting is "The Sea of Ice
" by Caspar David Friedrich
, 1824.
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Islands
Islands (band)
Islands is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York.-Return to the Sea:In mid-2005 Islands recorded a debut album titled Return to the Sea, which was released in April 2006...
. It was released April 4, 2006 on Equator Records
Equator Records (Canada)
Equator Records is an independent record label established in 2006 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The music label was founded by Matt Drouin and Fuzz de Grandpre. Equator has released 3 albums, Islands' Return to the Sea, The Lovely Feathers's Hind Hind Legs, and Teitur's second release Stay Under...
.
The cover painting is "The Sea of Ice
The Sea of Ice
The Sea of Ice , also called The Wreck of Hope is an oil painting of 1823–1824 by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich.-Description:...
" by Caspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning...
, 1824.
Track listing
- "Swans (Life After Death)" – 9:31
- "Humans" – 4:58
- "Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby" – 2:31
- "Rough Gem" – 3:36
- "Tsuxiit" – 3:05
- "Where There's a Will There's a Whalebone" feat. BusdriverBusdriverBusdriver is a rapper from Los Angeles currently signed to Epitaph Records and Fake Four Inc-History:...
– 3:56 - "Jogging Gorgeous Summer" – 2:48
- "Volcanoes" – 5:26
- "If" – 4:31
- "Ones" – 5:40
- "Renaud" (hidden track) – 16:20/9:38
Trivia
- "Swans (Life After Death)" contains references to Nicholas ThorburnNicholas ThorburnNicholas Thorburn is a Canadian musician who has fronted The Unicorns, Th' Corn Gangg, Islands, Reefer, and Human Highway. He has gone by the stage name "Nick Diamonds."...
's last album 'Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? is the third and last full-length album of Canadian Indie-rock band The Unicorns. Originally released on CD October 21, 2003, the album was re-released on a black & pink vinyl format in March of 2004....
' with The UnicornsThe UnicornsThe Unicorns were a Lo-Fi/Indie Pop band from Montreal, Canada formed in December 2000 by Nicholas Thorburn and Alden Penner , who were later joined by Jamie Thompson in December 2003.-History:...
. Parts of the lyrics are similar to the song 'Ready to Die' on the same album, and features the same opening riff seen on The Unicorns' song "Thunder And Lightning". - Peach Moon, a song featured on The UnicornsThe UnicornsThe Unicorns were a Lo-Fi/Indie Pop band from Montreal, Canada formed in December 2000 by Nicholas Thorburn and Alden Penner , who were later joined by Jamie Thompson in December 2003.-History:...
' album Three Inches of Blood, is also referenced in the "Swans (Life After Death) lyrics: "Till the morning dawned on us/ And the sun-smudged peach moon still hung loose". - "Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby" was in episode 5, season 2 of "How I Met Your Mother".