![]() ‘No Known Drink or Drug' is a heartening reminder of the power of romance. ‘North East South West' is unabashed mid-era Springsteen/heartland-rock hero worship, replete with prideful city namechecks. They invite pack-singalongs, not just with their stirring melodies and relatable lyrics, but with actual gang vocals already present on most of the tracks. The drums boom, even when they're played sparingly in ‘I'm Sorry For Not Finding You Sooner'.īrian King's vocals are never delivered at less than 100 percent, even on the almost-restrained ‘True Love and a Free Life of Free Will'. The guitars are noisy, even the acoustic guitar in closing track ‘In A Body Like A Grave'. SoundcloudĪre Japandroids overcompensating for their diminutive line up? Are they hard of hearing? Or do they just want to live up to the old adage of making everything louder than everything else? Playing infectious, anthemic songs with as much gusto as they can muster.įans of the band's excellent past two records may notice some cursory differences to some of the sounds they use (a dirty synth drives the ultra-earnest ‘I'm Sorry For Not Finding You Sooner'), but it feels like business as usual. ![]() Near To The Wild Heart Of Life has Japandroids doing what Japandroids do best. ![]() Japandroids give you more songs to pump your fist and sing along to on album number three. ![]()
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