Semi-Urban Cartography » japandroids http://www.semiurbancartography.com Reading. Writing. Arithmatic. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:33:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Japandroids Review http://www.semiurbancartography.com/2009/08/japandroids-review/ http://www.semiurbancartography.com/2009/08/japandroids-review/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:44:34 +0000 Erick Mertz http://www.semiurbancartography.com/?p=63 In early June of 2009, I picked up on the Japandroids through their new release, Post Nothing. It feels like a date worthy of memorial. The album came immediately in a digital download form from Polyvinyl records followed a few months later by a 180 Gram LP (with a bevy of other posters, stickers, candy and review copies of old albums).

Japandroids Album Cover

Japandroids Album Cover

I haven’t opened the record yet. It feels like something I want to keep in some “mint condition.”

Anyone who hasn’t heard this recording yet, it borders on the unabashedly brilliant. A friend connects them to Janes Addiction. I make a less ornate connection (although perhaps the first XXX is apt). It isn’t quite as laden with Perry Farrel’s mysticism.

I’ve been talking about it for two solid months now. It’s great summer garage (hell, it might bleed out into the fall and winter and spring as well) filled with the sort of drink/find girls ethos that make me feel younger than my years. The Japandroids are from Vancouver BC, and are a two-piece: guitar and drums, vocals and a fuck-load of “sing out loud” enthusiasm.

Now’days, I appreciate that.

I won’t trump the review. Here it is.

http://www.kevchino.com/review/japandroids/post-nothing/1813

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