The gilding guitars, the echoing group vocals, the mythical retelling of their own origin story- this is all very Sunset Strip, and Japandroids have been repping Guns N’ Roses as long as they have the Replacements. A new Japandroids record feels like hero’s return rather than the incremental progress from a beloved band under these circumstances. In their absence, the supposed obsolescence of capital “R” rock and the often-suffocating earnestness of indie rock have reigned supreme in 2016. ![]() Still, five years is still a long time, and as with their previous record, Japandroids wisely recognized that simply letting life happen is their best way of updating the format, especially during a suspiciously long gestation period that included new romantic relationships for both King and Prowse and a new label.
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