To celebrate the release of their debut album ‘Illuminated People’, Islet are touring, bringing their incredible live show across the UK throughout May and June. Live they already have a burgeoning reputation. Spending the summer of 2011 playing festivals including Primavera, Leeds & Reading and Bestival, they beguiled onlookers with ritualistic chants, sometimes delivered away from the song being played on stage; at other times they were seen meandering off into the crowd. In person as in music, they seek to break down walls. For a tanstalizing taster watch their tour trailer for 2012 below:
Islet’s vision appears to be that of limitless possibilities, not in the sense of the po-faced pedal hoarder, but in the simple joy of exploration. That’s what Illuminated People is; an album that drips with pride and the refusal to stand still, and ultimately one that fizzes with a sense of sheer enjoyment that came through making it. Islet are a group of people completely in charge of their own destiny, through their music you can tell that’s an extremely liberating thought.
25 May – Liverpool, Kazimier
26 May – Glasgow, Captains Rest
27 May – Newcastle, Cluny 2
28 May – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
29 May – Sheffield, The Harley
30 May – London, Cargo
31 May – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
1 June – Birmingham, Rainbow
2 June – Bristol, Dot to Dot
3 June – Nottingham, Dot to Dot
4 June – Manchester, Dot to Dot
