Japandroids, 'Post-Nothing' (Unfamiliar)
In-your-grill scuzz plus boyish sloganeering.
By Spencer Kornhaber 05.20.09 2:27 PM
Like politicians and pop punks, this Canadian duo know the key to effective communication: Invent a slickly catchy phrase and shout it often. Almost every track title on their debut full-length doubles as both a slogan and a chorus, from the rumbling, rollicking opener "The Boys Are Leaving Town" to the grinding, metallic closer "I Quit Girls." Japandroids have a point of view (young, male, infatuated with the promise of the present) and an M.O. (excellently fuzzed-out garage rock played as if at the apocalypse), but more impressively, they've mastered another secret to swaying the public: confidence without smugness.
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I don't agree with that review. I mean sure their sound can seem a little boyish and maybe even whiny sometimes. But I mean this album just reminds me of teenage boys stumbling all over itself and all. Its like their trying to get as much music out of those instruments as possible its hilarious. Its so god dam authentic you have to love it.
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