Artist: Japandroids
Album: Post-Nothing
"We used to dream/ but now we worry about dying," the band opines on what might be their signature track, continuing "I don't wanna worry about dyin'/ I just wanna worry about those sunshine girls". That situates them as being old enough to be worried about not being as young as they used to be, but still young enough to raise a ruckus about it. This Vancouver duo (guit/vox/drums) are garage rock maximalists, filling up their songs with a young man's rock'n'roll frenzy that owes as much to "Working For The Weekend" as to any punk antecedents. Full of pithy, quotable lyrics: "some hearts bleed/ my heart sweats" might encapsulate them best. Although there are a couple duff tracks, this is filled overall with a wonderful energy that makes it feel like they are reinventing rock'n'roll anew — post-nothing indeed.
On a somewhat sad note, sort of upsetting my normal way of doing things, I was a bit taken aback when after looking around some, I realized that this album was being released on vinyl and digital only: no CD to be found. It upsets all my little rituals of ownership, and seems like a sign of things to come. At least there was an option at Zunior to buy the album as lossless FLACs, but it's just not the same as having an disc to file away on the shelf — it just feels impermanent somehow.
Track picks: 2- "Young Hearts Spark Fire", 5 - "Heart Sweats"
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