Japandroids - C or D?, or, 2010 and we still don't have a Japandroids thread...

This was inspired by picking up the new 7" ("Younger Us" b/w "Sex and Dying in High Society") today, along with their No Singles compilation. The new 7" is great, but its been the comp that is the real revelation for me. It doesn't reach the highs of Post-Nothing, but I feel like it might just be a consistently better record than the debut. We'll see how it holds up over time though.

Still feels a bit too early to call them a solid "classic", but both 2010 singles point to good stuff yet to come.

i haven't heard "Sex and Dying." Is it a X cover?

It is. But this is where I have to hang my head in shame, as I'm unfamiliar with that particular X song (and most of their discography, to be honest - before my time I guess) so I can't tell you how it stacks up. I like the song for sure.

This is my favorite current band by far. I've been trying to push Post-Nothing onto lots of people, and so far I've heard nothing but praise.. However ILM doesn't seem to care.

Well I can tell you that there were three ILXors including myself at a Japandroids show last summer but none of us knew the others were there at the time - we figured it out later. So yeah, there is definitely some love for them around here.

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seems like theyve been touring like nonstop? would like 2 see them work on a new full length

japandroids r c

the cool thing about this band is how lovely the guys in it are. i saw them in montreal, last year? i think? and their presence on stage was great, and hilarious. the guitarist behaved more like a rock star than i think any band i have seen. he had a fan pointed at him, so that when he stood up front with his foot up on the amp, his hair would be blowing in the wind. hi-lar-i-ous.

as for their music, it's good but it's true that the album isn't *consistently* good. but they have enough good material from before the album, and the album, that i'm optimistic of them BECOMING classic. atm it's too early for them to be labeled as such.

certainly they are not a dud, though!

didn't care about this band b/c the whole deal seemed super lame, then I listened to "Young Hearts Spark Fire," the music spoke for itself, and now I'm thinking of buying the record

if there's anything close to as awesome as "Young Hearts Spark Fire" on the record, I'm sold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A2Ya2gQIa0

get it, it's good

ok cool!

watching that video, i am struck with how canadian they sound.

Post-Nothing has the best Side B I've heard in a long time.

would love to see them and No Age tour together. that would be a really fun show!

good band & fun live (i was with marc iv at that show he's describing and the fan/hair effect was actually fucking hilarious) but imo there's a lot of quite a bit better rawk music that came out last year. all lies ep is the best 'droids release and i think they put those songs on no singles

"Wet Hair" and "I Quit Girls" are the songs that will stick with me the longest, I think.

Crazy/forever is the shit .. I love how so many of their songs are just 1 or 2 lines of lyrics on repeat.

Sovereignty for me. "I'm leaving Vancouver, and I don't give a fuck, cos I'm far from home tonight" pops into my head at least a couple of times a week. Saw them in Brighton and they were really good although the venue was shite. Second half of Post Nothing is blistering.

Can't stop playing Younger Us. Its a rush.

"darkness on the edge of gastown" off their older ep is grebt if anyones not heard it

I know this was leaked like a month ago but sometimes it takes me that long to get into their songs. Also cool PJ Harvey cover.

http://pitchfork.com/news/40006-new-japandroids-heavenward-grand-prix/

"Heavenward grand prix" might be their best yet.

Once again I'm bumping with no real insight, but the "Sex And Dying In High Society" cover is A+.

ok so it's a TWO PIECE from CANADA called ""JAPANDROIDS"" who write songs with EMO titles like YOUNG HEARTS SPARK FIRE and it's not THE YEAR 2000???

Extremely easy DUD. Like the name tho.

ilm is pretty worthless today

TS: Japandroids v Japancakes

Japandroids > Japanther >>> Japancakes

And, uh, these guys aren't emo. Try not to completely dismiss a band when you haven't heard 'em.

I love this album fwiw.

I still love Younger Us. What a rush.

It really is a rush.

Rush. Rush. Rush.

New one is like Hold Steady meets Husker Du. Or vice versa.

New one is really, really good.

if the formula contained only Hold Steady and Husker Du it was better. the problem is the emo vocals imo.
i like the loud,never ending guitar chords and the Gun Club cover is awesome.

i dunno who these guys are before, and i didn't like the original song, but i like this cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3UKNHcq798

also, kexp sounds really good for college radio. i'm used to college radio live recordings sounding like boomboxes.
the dick dale one sounds great, too.

I just got their new 7-inch in the mail... I love how the packages always come with airheads candy. It's such a nice little bonus.

Oh yeah, the song is cool too.

the Gun Club cover is awesome

Where can I hear?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWlBTUQjsRw

Streaming over at npr

http://www.npr.org/2012/05/27/153301078/first-listen-japandroids-celebration-rock

Saw them live last wek in Bristol, great fun.

I was all excited seeing the Pitchfork review, thinking it was out today, but have to wait another week still. The stream will do for this week.

Oh boy the last track on this, Continuous Thunder, is terrific.

the first song is a good 'un.

Is the version of Younger us same as that released earlier?

sounded it to me

there a few joints on this but pretty meh to me all around

i find their stuff to be way too earnest -- i need some cynicism, some self-depreciation, some humor

hearts colliding on a fire highway does nothing for me

Normally I'd agree, but they sell it so well

i find their stuff to be way too earnest -- i need some cynicism, some self-depreciation, some humor

I hear that in "Art Czars"

celebration rock is the 'bleed american' of 2012 imo

"The House that Heaven Built" made a lot of 2012 tracks ballots and polls

TELL EM ALL THEY'RE LOVIN MY SHADOW

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(i'm assuming u know they're not the words)

lol

miss these dudes

yeah, such a great live act

Where have they been

Yeah, it's weird how there's no info on what they're up to. I google em periodically.

back

hmmm i guess i could find myself in brooklyn that weekend, but maybe there'll be some more dates. happy news, either way.

Oh yeah! All right!

http://pitchfork.com/news/67521-japandroids-announce-new-album-near-to-the-wild-heart-of-life/

it's been way too long.

bring it on!

First single off of 2017 is "Near to the Wild Heart of Life," and its mighty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSkrhQiwFcE

*2017 album

Sounds like something that's gonna kick a lot more ass live

hope they release a live album some day, maybe even a film

it also kicks more ass on repeat listens

woohoo look forward to seeing them!

This song is the only good thing to happen this week.

these heartfelt rock bands always walk a razor's edge of being cheesy (or too cheesy) this feels like the Japandroids where I'll get off the train...

Agreed, I'm not really feeling it.

this song has GOT ME ALL FIRED UP

Despite from tough competition from Beyonce, Shura and Rae Smemmurd, it's my Song of the Year.

New track, No Known Drink or Drug.

these guys were really fun live but i don't think their albums have held up that well and these new songs are really weak

they're better live than on record

first single was great though, top 5 singles for me last year, curious to hear this one

http://www.npr.org/2017/01/19/510416955/first-listen-japandroids-near-to-the-wild-heart-of-life

Wheeeeeeee

sounds p good to me, look forward to the tour

The b-side of Wild Heart is "Love-Building on Fire"

I don't much like the two slow/distorted electronic-y tracks in the middle of the album, but otherwise this new record is fantastic. The title track was already my #1 song of 2016, and there are like four more year-end candidates for '17 ("North East South West," "True Love and a Free Life of Free Will," "Midnight to Morning," "In a Body Like a Grave") on the rest of the record.

these dudes pulled off the tricky trick of evolving / growing up / expanding their sound while making a good record that still sounds like themselves. kudos, dudes.