Japandroids - Fate & Alcohol (October 18, 2024) Album • Page 4

Okay I liked D&T a lot unlike some ppl but this one, this one ehhhhh

Chicago still a top-3 Japandroids song tho

 

Nahhhhh.

 

Yeah I like Chicago but it wouldn’t make the top 3 on CR alone, let alone their whole discog

 

this one is shaping up to be worse than the last for me, shame

 

Maybe you'll come around just like your early Chappell Roan takes!

 

I don’t dislike “Chicago,” but I must protest against Chris’s suggestion that there aren’t at least three better songs on Celebration Rock.

 

that Stereogum piece reads like an obituary. fun tidbit that "A Gaslight Anthem" actually seems to reference The Gaslight Anthem though!

 

oh this is the closer? oof.

I like what it does on the back half and maybe it will work better on the full album, but "In A Body Like A Grave" and "Continuous Thunder" set an incredibly high bar. their last song certainly doesn't need to be 5 minutes long, but this is a band often defined by the word 'epic' they could have let it breathe. this one is giving me the same underwhelmed feeling as The Gaslight Anthem's "We Did It When We Were Young".

 

Really seems like Brian’s heart wasn’t in it

 

There’s one better song on CR and one on Post Nothing sorry bud

 

Okay fine two on CR and one on PN actually lol

 

I'm honestly mystified at this take, lol. "Chicago" is a B- for me, at best. I think I'd take every Celebration Rock song over it other than the cover.

 

I actually like this new track

 

I actually like this new song a lot, though. I wish it went on for a little longer, but I still think it has a satisfying amount of climactic heft.

 

chris come on lmao

 

im not owned! im not owned!

 

Do people not like the Gun Club cover on Celebration Rock?

 

Dang, that was a good and very relatable piece. Pretty wild that one of them can’t leave the US, lest his green card application expire.

I wish we could trade citizenships. I wouldn’t mind giving Vancouver or Toronto a try if he wants my US citizenship.

 

wow what a tremendous article.

 

I think most people agree it’s the weakest moment

 

Really? I always thought it had a lot of energy and a really great vocal performance. The moment to “catch your breath” on the record

 

I strongly dislike that cover. Feels wildly out of place on that album to me.

 

Just echoing how great of an article that was.

 

gun club cover has always rocked

 

Has anybody heard an advance copy of the record?