Japandroids announce final album, Fate & Alcohol
Japandroids have announced their final album. On October 18, the Vancouver duo will release Fate & Alcohol via Anti-. Today they’ve released the first single from the album, “Chicago,” which you can hear below.
“On our last record we wanted to broaden the definition of a Japandroids song,” said vocalist/guitarist Brian King in a statement, “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.”
Japandroids’ last album was 2017’s Near to the Wild Heart of Life. Their debut, 2009’s Post-Nothing, is featured on our list of the 100 Best Indie Rock Albums of the ’00s.
Japandroids Fate & Alcohol tracklist:
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
