Islands announce fall tour, coming to Chapel Hill

Canadian indie rockers Islands released their fifth studio album last fall titled Ski Mask and the band is gearing up for a tour this fall in support of it.

Islands will play Local 506 in Chapel Hill on Monday, September 15. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketfly for $12.

Check out the band performing the song "Shotgun Vision" from the album Ski Mask at a show in California earlier this year below.

Islands announces new album & tour, coming to Chapel Hill

Canadian indie rock band Islands will release a new album titled A Sleep & A Forgetting on Valentine's Day, February 14. A tour will kick off in Los Angeles on the same day, which will quickly make it's way to the Triangle.

They'll play Local 506 in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, February 21. Tickets are on sale now via Etix for $9.

[UPDATE: Lost in the Trees have announced that they will play a warm-up set opening the show, so get there early, because it's probably going to be packed.]

Islands announces summer dates, coming to Carrboro

Canadian band Islands, led by Nicholas Thornburn, are hitting the road this summer is support of their third album Vapours, released in 2009. Only a couple dates have surfaced so far, but among them is a show at the Cat's Cradle on Friday, July 2.

Tickets for the show will be are $10 in advance via etix and will be on sale soon are on sale now. Brooklyn band Steel Phantoms will open the show.

Stream the song "Devout" from the album below along with the band's current tour schedule.

Annuals to release second album in October

Annuals are a busy bunch lately. Sunfold just released their debut album and Annuals released a split EP and toured the US in support of it. Showing no signs of stopping, the band have now released the details of their second full-length album.

NME reports that the album is titled Such Fun and will be released on October 7. The album will feature 11 new tracks from the band produced by frontman Adam Baker and producer Jacquire King.

Such Fun track list:

1. Confessor
2. Hot Night Hounds
3. Springtime
4. Down the Mountain
5. Always Do
6. Talking
7. Hardwood Floor
8. Hair Don’t Grow
9. The Tape
10. Blue Ridge
11. Wake

Annuals will tour in support of the album in the fall, but hometown fans don't have to wait. The band will play in downtown Raleigh at the Raleigh Wide Open Festival on September 5. They will play on the Cherry Bounce Alternative Stage. Montreal based band Islands will headline the stage on Saturday night (September 6).

Annuals - "Sore" (mp3) [from Wet Zoo EP]