No Singles
Album | Japandroids
All bands should be having this much fun.
Even when it seems like the formula of a two-person band had been taken to its logical extreme by bands like The White Stripes, The Black Keys and No Age, it’s nice to see that kids are still figuring out new ways to make a glorious racket as a duo. In the case of Vancouver’s Japandroids, the racket in question is of the punk rock variety: guitars and drums being bashed at a furious pace while the two band members both sing at the top of their lungs. The band broke big last year with a proper debut release called Post-Nothing, but this compilation of early singles and EPs presents an even more gloriously messy side of the band. There might be little finesse to tracks like “Sexual Aerosol” and “Coma Complacency”, but that’s hardly the point. This is goofy, clattering and noisy punk-pop played fast and loose and best consumed at high volume and with a smile plastered across the listener’s face.
