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"Islands is a band formed in Canada in early 2005, by Nick Diamonds (Nicholas Thorburn) and J'aime Tambeur (Jamie Thompson), although the latter has since left the band. The Islands lineup is consistently in flux, changing to meet the needs of the recording and live environment. The current lineup includes Diamonds on guitar, keyboard, and vocals, Patrice Agbokou on bass, Patrick Gregoire on bass clarinet, guitar, banjo, and keyboard, Alex Chow on violin, keyboard, shaker, and various wind instruments, Sebastian Chow on violin, keyboard, shaker, and various other instruments, and Aaron Harris on drums and percussion. Former touring members included guitarist and backing vocalist Jim Guthrie, Kate Perkins on violin, backup vocals, and shaker, J'aime, and lap-steel guitarist Michael Feuerstack.

Although the two founding members of Islands (Nick and Jamie) were members of The Unicorns, whose album Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? made Pitchfork Media's top 50 albums of 2003 list, Islands is a completely new and independent project. This, in contrast to Th' Corn Gangg, which began as a direct off-shoot project of The Unicorns several months prior to their December 2004 break-up. Th' Corn Gangg was involved with several projects with Subtitle and Busdriver, releasing two mp3s, playing several shows, and remixing songs such as the North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative's single, 'Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?', but never recorded an album."

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