Illuminated People

Release date: January 23, 2012

Tracklisting:

1. Libra Man
2. This Fortune
3. Entwined Pines
4. What We Done Wrong
5. A Warrior Who Longs To Grow Herbs
6. We Bow
7. Filia
8. Funicular
9. Shores
10. A Bear On His Own

Credits:


Artwork by Emma Daman Thomas

Reviews:

"Islet make being in a band look terrific, achievable fun" NME Magazine: 8/10
 
"Queerly brilliant music" The Stool Pigeon: 4/5
 
"'Illuminated People' is a shining triumph” Clash Magazine: 8/10

"What a blast" The Fly: 4/5

 
“For those daring enough, and whose ears can withstand the onslaught, Islet are unmissable” Q

“An album of extraordinary ambition that British music can be proud and grateful to possess” Drowned In Sound 7/10
 
"When we inevitably come to reflect on 2012 in 12 months time,Illuminated People should be an album that has turned the heads of the many, rather than the few." The 405: 8.5/10
 
"Something as thoroughly modern, and bizarrely brilliant, as Illuminated People needs to be savoured as much as possible." BBC Music

Pitchfork (11 April 2012) Islet ‘Entwined Pines