Arm's Way

Arm's Way
Studio album by
Islands
ReleasedMay 20, 2008
RecordedApril–May 2007[1]
StudioBear Creek, Woodinville, WA, and Mixart, Montreal, Canada[1]
GenreIndie
Length68:06
LabelANTI-[2]
ProducerRyan Hadlock and Islands
Islands chronology
Return to the Sea
(2006) 		Arm's Way
(2008) 		Vapours
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Drowned in Sound9/10[4]
Pitchfork Media6.2/10[5]
PopMatters6/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Spin[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes[9]

Arm's Way is the second studio album by Montreal-based indie rock band Islands. It was released on May 20, 2008,[1] on CD and download. The album's title is a play on the words "harm's way". The album leaked online on April 11, 2008.[10]

  1. ^ a b c d AllMusic review
  2. ^ Islands sign to ANTI-Records Archived February 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, article on Pitchfork Media's website
  3. ^ "Arm's Way by Islands". metacritic.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Drowned in Sound review Archived May 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Pitchfork Media review Archived May 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Music Reviews, Features, Essays, News, Columns, Blogs, MP3s and Videos – PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  7. ^ "Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  8. ^ "Islands, 'Arm's Way' (Anti-)". spin.com. June 4, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  9. ^ Tiny Mix Tapes review Archived May 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Arm's Way leak thread, on The Secret Unicorns Forum