Japandroids - Fate & Alcohol (October 18, 2024) Album

1. Eye Contact High
2. D&T
3. Alice
4. Chicago
5. Upon Sober Reflection
6. Fugitive Summer
7. A Gaslight Anthem
8. Positively 34th Street
9. One Without the Other
10. All Bets Are Off

After seven years, Japandroids have returned with Fate and 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 it's opening chords to the series of snare-led explosions that see it through. Like the rest of Fate and 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."

 

Hell yeah

 

Back half of the year keeps getting better

 

“Fourth and final” I mean, I feel lucky we’re getting this one anyway. Thought they were done.

 

WHAT

 

i’m shocked honestly

 

It’s so crazy

 

This feels surreal we’re getting new Japandroids

 

really hope we get a final tour!

 

need another tour badly.

 

It is their finest work to date, the sound of a band bowing out at the peak of their powers.(Spotify bio)

 

Holy crap the same day as MJ lenderman, let’s go

 

I fear dudes have never rocked harder

 

Did I miss something or did that get pushed back?

 

Never seen them live so would definitely catch them if they do tour

 

Oh maybe I have the date wrong on my pre order tracker wrong but I thought they were the same

 

Nah it's out Sept 6th!

 

Fuck yes, this song rules! Bummed it'll be their last album, but they've got such a great catalog that still feels really timeless.

 

I’m an idiot but I’m happy that’s out sooner

 

Did not think they’d ever make another album. Glad to be wrong!

 

Yeah, haven't they basically broken up after every album?

 

I’m not huge on Chicago

 

Final?!