The energy and passion that Brian King (guitars, vocals) and David Prowse (drums, backing vocals) bring to their music is undeniable. That being said, the Japandroids sound is still front and center and the band seems to be enjoying themselves as they burn the world to the ground. There is a world-weariness apparent in the lyrics and the band changes up speeds with gusto – it’s not just adrenaline on display this time around. An alternative title to the album could be We’ve Grown Up Just Enough But Still Wanna Rock.
Musically and thematically, “No Known Drink Or Drug” nudges things further along. It’s pretty much a perfect guitar song, recalling the fast, flighty urgency of the best of Celebration Rock. The fantastic “ Midnight To Morning” finds him reflecting, “so many miles, so much to lose”.
Essentially a standard four-piece guitar band cleverly compressed into two units, their take on classic ’70s and ’80s rock comes filtered through the stringency of punk and post-punk alternative rock.Īs the album moves through its eight chapters, King’s commitment to a rooted kind of love becomes stronger, while his attachment to the itinerant life he’s chasing becomes more conflicted. What makes Japandroids stand out from other duos, however, is the lack of an overt blues base. Like those pairs, their popularity is rooted in the kind of exhilaratingly raw live performances which offer a corrective to the pre-set, almost-live predictability of so many contemporary rock bands. The Vancouver band, comprising Brian King (guitar, vocals) and David Prowse (drums, vocals), have come to prominence during a post-White Stripes boom dominated by the likes of The Black Keys, Royal Blood, Shovels & Rope, Drenge and Wye Oak. Japandroids’ rise through the ranks has coincided with the golden age of the power duo.
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