Man, have I been obsessed with Japandroids lately. For many months (a half year, even?) I delayed on listening to Japandroids. The whole fuzz rock thing hasn't always been up my alley, and I hadn't ever been convinced to listen to them by anyone.
Wow.
On the one hand, I am seriously disappointed that I haven't been listening to Japandroids for that long. On the other hand, I don't think I would have appreciated them a year ago the way I do now. I can't get enough of their debut LP Post Nothing. I would retroactively place it in my top 10 albums of 2009, an especially large statement given my usual distaste for noise like this. I don't know if it's something in the water, but this album hit me in the right spot at the right time.
Without a doubt, my favorite song off of Post Nothing is "Wet Hair," a song with the killer lyric of "We run the gauntlet/let's get to France/so we can French kiss some French girls." Love it.
Japandroids have also released a new track, called "Art Czars". Amazing that they've managed to record anything new, given that they're on a pretty much never-ending tour. "Art Czars" doesn't have quite the punch of the high points of Post Nothing, but it's still money in the bank. Can't wait to catch these guys live sometime, I bet it's bonkers.
Japandroids - Wet Hair (YSI)
Japandroids - Art Czars (YSI)
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