Nick has been occasionally twittering about the recording, mastering and subway-losing of his next album Vapours for a while now, so it’s great to finally get to hear something from it. Plus, Jamie is back with the group (at least for the recording) and you know he had to be thrilled to get to play/program the hip-hop backing beat that runs through most of “No You Don’t.”

MP3: Islands – No You Don’t
It’s good to know that even Canadians have a little gangster in them. You laugh, but this is totally the indie rock version of a rapper letting people know that they should back off. “No You Don’t” is Nick inviting us to stay the hell out of his business — and that’s fine with me; so far his business has been making great music. Here’s hoping Vapours continues the trend.

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