Ears Wide Open: ISLES
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ISLES are a new L.A. outfit using a not-so-new formula for commercial exposure: gleaming pop combined with workaday hip-hop. The band features the vocal talents of singer Olivia May and rapper Casey Bisetti, along with Daniel Braunstein (guitar), Adam Elzarou (bass), Matt Barreca (drums) and AJK (samples). Their first single “Home Again” is a ready-for-radio entreaty that ping-pongs between May’s soaring vocals and Bisetti’s rapid-fire flow. Its undeniable chorus is liable to hang around in your head, pop fans.
||| Stream: “Home Again”
||| Live: ISLES plays along with WASI and Kid Cadaver on Friday night at the Slidebar in Fullerton.
||| Also: Watch Jon Chetrit’s video for “Home Again” and check out their cover of Tove Lo’s “Habits”:
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