Japandroids - Fate & Alcohol - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2017 from the Canadian duo. Japandroids consists of Brian King and David Prowse. Their third album, Near To The Wild Heart Of Life, was written clandestinely throughout 2014 and 2015 in Vancouver, Toronto, New Orleans, and Mexico City. It was (mostly) recorded at Rain City Recorders in Vancouver, BC with one song, InchTrue Love And A Free Life Of Free WillInch, recorded at Golden Ratio in Montreal, QC. The title, Near To The Wild Heart Of Life, comes from a passage in the novel A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man by James Joyce InchHe was alone. He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life.Inch Like their prior albums Post-Nothing and Celebration Rock, the album features eight songs. This is because eight songs is the standard template for a great rock n roll album. Like Post-Nothing and Celebration Rock, the album was sequenced specifically for the LP. On Near To The Wild Heart Of Life, side A (songs 1-4) and side B (songs 5-7) each follow their own loose narrative. Taken together as one, they form an even looser narrative, with the final song on side B (song 8) acting as an epilogue. If Celebration Rock was the culmination of something, then Near To The Wild Heart Of Life can be considered the beginning of something else. Album Tracks 1. Near to the Wild Heart of Life 2. North East South West 3. True Love and a Free Life of Free Will 4. I'm Sorry (For Not Finding You Sooner) 5. Arc of Bar 6. Midnight to Morning 7. No Known Drink or Drug 8. In a Body Like a Grave

After seven years, Japandroids have returned with Fate and Alcohol, their fourth and final full-length. Written in part while the Vancouver duo-guitarist-vocalist Brian King and drummer-vocalist David Prowse-were touring behind their 2017 ANTI- debut, Near to the Wild Heart of Life, the album is at once a return to form and a thrilling step forward, testament to the sort of chemistry that they've honed over the course of 18 years and hundreds of shows side-by-side. Their aim was simply to write songs that they'd enjoy playing live, without sacrificing any of the nuance or ambition that marked their previous effort. Nowhere on this record is that more deeply felt than lead single InchChicago,Inch a song whose sheer momentum feels inevitable and true-from the inherent romance of it's opening chords to the series of snare-led explosions that see it through. Like the rest of Fate and Alcohol, it was recorded in Vancouver with longtime collaborator Jesse Gander, who also engineered 2009's Post-Nothing and 2012's Celebration Rock. InchThe very first demo we have of InchChicagoInch was recorded in our jam space on February 4th, 2020,Inch King says, Inchand if you listen to that, it just sounds like a rough version of what you hear on the record. But it's all there. That, in some ways, is the most ideal circumstance for a band like us just having something that really rips in your jam space, something that feels good, something that you're excited about.Inch Album Tracks 1. Eye Contact High 2. D&T 3. Alice 4. Chicago 5. Upon Sober Reflection 6. Fugitive Summer 7. A Gaslight Anthem 8. Positively 34th Street 9. One Without the Other 10. All Bets Are Off

This is the long-awaited, follow up to 2009's Post-Nothing. Celebration Rock is well balanced with a much bigger sound and showcases the band's growth as songwriters. Songs like InchEvil's SwayInch and InchThe House That Heaven BuiltInch prove that the Vancouver duo has more than staying power with this sophomore . Album Tracks 1. The Nights of Wine and Roses 2. Fire's Highway 3. Evil's Sway 4. For the Love of Ivy 5. Adrenaline Nightshift 6. Younger Us 7. The House That Heaven Built 8. Continuous Thunder