9/8/2023 0 Comments Japandroids- Near to the Wild Heart of Life japandroids the house that heaven builtThis all may sound juvenile, but even the most cynical hipster can’t help but feel pumped up when frontman Brian King belts out “it’s a lifeless life with no fixed address to give/but you’re not mine to die for anymore, so I must live” on “The House That Heaven Built.”Īt first glance, Near to the Wild Heart of Life is a comfortable reassurance that Japandroids haven’t changed much over these past five years since their second album. To date, all of their songs have had the same positive energy, bristling with explosive guitar riffs, pounding drums, shout-along lyrics about drinking, girls, and embracing your youth, and enough backing “whoa-oh-oh’s” to bring you back to your skate punk days. ![]() More descriptive is the band’s 2012 sophomore album Celebration Rock, a title that perfectly summarizes the band’s sound. Their 2009 debut Post-Nothing suggests a band lacking a grand vision of what they’re supposed to be, bucking subgenre designations like “post-punk” and “post-rock” in the process. ![]() Reading the titles of Canadian indie rock duo Japandroids’ albums gives you a fairly good sense of what they’re all about.
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