THE YEARS IN WRITING

On the eve of our record release and our Canadian tour premier, feelings of nostalgia for the road behind us are more often than ever coming to mind.  I started writing down the songs we've written together over the past few years - as many as I could remember until the page was full.

Most of them we've performed live in some capacity or another.

The majority of them were conceived and materialised through debates over structure, drum beats, transitions, dynamics, lead lines, melodies, shitty attitudes - the consequence of the democratic writing style Rikers employs, but a labour of love nonetheless.

All of them were written in anticipation of putting out a record we would all love and be proud of - there were to be no compromises.

Islands is that record.

Whittling the track listing down from a very large number to the songs that have made the record is part of that nostalgia now.  Because the record is ready.

And we can't wait to show you.

- CJ

Islands - April 17, 2012.