Unicorns Spotted!

Kids, hot off the presses, I sit here listening to Nick Diamonds' and J'aime Tambour's new project Islands. As most of you know, Montreal's spazz-pop trio The Unicorns split not long ago with Alden Ginger continuing on as Th' Corn Gangg. Now we find Diamonds and Tambour pushing more of that bizarre pop like a pink sparkle tuxedo-clad dealer.

Reported by the fabulous blog, The Simple Mission:

I know you've been wondering. Where is Nick Diamonds? Where is J'aime? Montreal? LA? NYC? Since winning the hearts of the masses as two/thirds of the French Canadian band the Unicorns, the pair have been busy traveling around this country and theirs working on various musical projects— including a brand new fantastique pop group called Islands. Diamonds describes his group's new music as "F-14 tomcat blah, blah," which is really French-Canadian slang for fiery, shiny and shimmering madcap pop.

The powers that be on The Simple Mission have provided mp3s of Islands' hits "Flesh" and "Abominable Snow". So hit that up, cousin.

And while you're at it check out the Alien 8 website for the fantastic "Jellybones" video. That is if you haven't already seen it like 20 times.

"Jellybones" Video: http://www.alien8recordings.com/jellybones.php3
The Simple Mission: http://simplemission.typepad.com/