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Fang Island’s only two full-length records, long out of print and back in stock via Joyful Noise, defined the sound of dance-y/math-y indie rock of the early 2010s alongside contemporaries Lightning Bolt, Titus Andronicus, and Japandroids. Recommended If You Like: Fang Island, Tera Melos, Japandroids, Lightning Bolt, Andrew WK, Don Caballero, Titus Andronicus, Maps & Atlases, Marnie Stern, No Age, Cloud Nothings, Giraffes? Giraffes!, Battles, Parts & Labor. Fang Island described their music as the sound of “everyone high-fiving everyone.” No matter where they went, Fang Island’s up-with-people approach made them a subversive art project by default. At a time when the belligerent noise-rock of Lightning Bolt and The Body defined Providence, Fang Island played major-key guitar harmonies and flashy tapping riffs. When people tried to call them “math rock,” they thought of themselves as “recess rock.” Fang Island shared bills with uber-buzzy bands like Yeasayer and Chairlift at