The new mostly instrumental project of guitarist Jim Fairchild (Grandaddy/Modest Mouse/All Smiles) and songwriter and composer Jacob Snider, Small Isles inhabit the twilight between film soundtrack and cosmic folk. The Valley, The Mountains, The Sea was recorded by Fairchild on a mobile rig while on tour with Modest Mouse, in time snatched between soundchecks and performances, in hotel rooms and backstage dressing rooms.

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