Foreign Islands have a commercial ready post-hardcore sound that is in need of one song that has that something-something that radio programmers need (i.e. money being thrown at them by a major label). My feat is that they're going to become yet another post-hardcore outfit to end up writing some super-wimpy power-pop ballad that will become a gigantic smash hit (maybe something like Sugar Ray's "Every Morning") and then no one coming to see them will want to hear their post-punk, which is really quite good.

The band has an excellent stage pressence and have some killer songs. I was a bit taken aback by all the added sound-effects, like mysterious backing track vocals coming from nowhere and synth parts being played by ghosts, but otherwise they have enough energy on stage to power a racecar.......