Japandroids announce their final album ‘Fate & Alcohol’
The last record from Brian King and Dave Prowse arrives later this year.
By Nick Reilly
Canadian group Japandroids have announced they’ll release their final album Fate & Alcohol later this year.
The Vancouver band, formed of Brian King and Dave Prowse, won acclaim with 2009’s Post-Nothing, before following it with their widely celebrated opus Celebration Rock in 2012.
Now, some seven years after 2017’s Near to the Wild Heart of Life, the group have confirmed their return – although it’s set to be their last record too.
The first taste of that record comes in the soaring ‘Chicago’, which you can listen to in full below.
“On our last record we wanted to broaden the definition of a Japandroids song,” Brian King said, “and purposely left our demos quite open and malleable so that we had more flexibility to experiment in the studio. At the time, this approach was new and exciting, and inspired us to be bolder, to take more chances.”
“We were aiming for a more cinematic take on our signature sound. This time, we made certain that every song ripped in our jam space before Jesse ever heard it. If you listen to our first demo of ‘Chicago’, it’s obviously much rougher than what you hear on record, but it’s all there. Even on a blown-out iPhone recording, the energy was obvious, and the feeling cut through loud and clear.”
Check out the track-listing in full below.
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