Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: #4 The Islander

Some days I prefer Twist and Lament For The Numb - but The Islander is a special album for me, it’s always the first of Dobbyn’s albums I return to; the one that reminds me of his talent, of how his talent stretches far beyond the simple, crude criticisms of him as a sloganeering riff-writing party-guitarist. It’s the one that offers - I think - the mos…