OWEN PALLETT Island gets 8.5/10

Owen Pallett emerged as a prodigious teenage violinist and in the proceeding years has provided string and orchestral arrangements for a long list of varied artists, notably Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear, The National, and even Frank Ocean. Their previous four studio albums (two as Final Fantasy) attracted a wide and passionate following, almost sacred-like in nature. Yet with that remarkable body of work in the past, Island is majestic enough to be acclaimed as Pallett’s strongest work yet.