Throughout the Isles’ stellar debut album, Perfumed Lands the band re- interpreters The Smiths sound in a set of songs that show the influence, of post-millennial New York rock and roll as much as early british indie.  Full text...

There's flashes of contemporary colour in the flighty rhythms, but a wash of late 1980s British indie influences, especially the Sea Urchins and the Field Mice, maintain the sepia sound. Strangely, the Isles are from New York. Stranger still, this album works.  Full text...

The album runs at a touch over 32 minutes, making the ten summery songs easy to swallow. The whole project seems catchy and vaguely familiar.  Full text...

They’re a great indie-pop band.  Full text...

If it feels like a homecoming record then that's perhaps because it is: Perfumed Lands is a band's realisation of its own distinct sound fitting like hand in glove.  Full text...

Their debut album, Perfumed Lands, could be one of the loveliest things you've ever heard in your life.  Full text...