Island of Love are a band with a wide dynamic range, big songs, big hooks and all the volume in the world, but none of the gear. They’ve made it this far without the latter.
That has become a thing – an in-joke. To say you are “Island of Lovin’ it” is to say you rock up to a show with a setlist and in desperate need of a loan – a guitar or maybe an amp to get the job done. This is de rigueur in the hardcore circles that guitarist/vocalists Karim Newble and Linus Munch moved in before putting Island of Love together, but it is unbecoming of a band who were the first to be signed to Third Man London, part of Jack White’s empire.
