Đĩa LP Japandroids – Fate & Alcohol

Vinyl record Japandroids – Fate & Alcohol

Genre: Rock (Alternative)

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Alt-Rock Duo’s Farewell Album on Vinyl LP!

After seven years, Japandroids have returned with Fate & 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 “Chicago,” a song whose sheer momentum feels inevitable and true-from the inherent romance of its opening chords to the series of snare-led explosions that see it through. Like the rest of Fate & Alcohol, it was recorded in Vancouver with longtime collaborator Jesse Gander, who also engineered 2009’s Post-Nothing and 2012’s Celebration Rock.

“The very first demo we have of ‘Chicago’ was recorded in our jam space on February 4th, 2020,” King says, “and 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.”

When asked to reflect on their career and all they’ve accomplished, both Prowse and King are hesitant to think in terms of legacy. They consider Fate & Alcohol a parting gift to fans, because Japandroids have approached every recording as fans themselves, from influences and ethics to artwork and merch. “I don’t think we’re the most technically proficient band in the world,” Prowse says. “And we’re not the most original-sounding or challenging band in the world. But we’ve always put a lot of passion into what we do, and I think that’s resonated with a lot of people. And I’m really grateful that we could be that band for people, in the same way that so many bands were for us.”

Look back on their body of work and you’ll find songs that feel like they were written for this moment, for an ending. Songs of celebration and adventure and tomorrows deferred, but also, at their heart, songs about the fleeting nature of everything. If Japandroids wrote and played like this—a dream from the start—might end at any second, it’s because they knew it could. All great things do.

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Vinyl LP

Tracklist:
Side A:
Eye Contact High
D&T
Alice
Chicago
Upon Sober Reflection

Side B:
Fugitive Summer
A Gaslight Anthem
Positively 34th Street
One Without the Other
All Bets Are Off