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Japandroids – No Singles
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Artist……………: Japandroids
Album…………….: No Singles
Genre…………….:
Source……………: NMR
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Ripper……………: NMR
Codec…………….: LAME 3.98
Version…………..: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality…………..: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels………….: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags……………..: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
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Ripped by…………: NMR
Posted by…………: LeoTrout on 8/3/2010
News Server……….:
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Included………….: NFO
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Review / Description
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Post-Nothing pumped fists, swilled beers, and ogled girls with the unbridled enthusiasm of youth, but on it Japandroids also viewed the future as something daunting. Maybe Brian King and David Prowse still worry about dying and being away from home, but now they’re facing something more mundane and knowable: following a record that catapulted them to indie fame. This year, the duo will continue to release 7″ singles culled from material written during the Post-Nothing sessions in addition to No Singles, a collection of two out-of-print EPs (2007’s All Lies and 2008’s Lullaby Death Jams). And while it’s a fun peek into Japandroids’ developmental process, don’t expect anything more from this release.
Granted, Japandroids sound like the same band that made Post-Nothing, if occasionally less reliant on fuzz tones. Prowse often forgoes time-keeping for drum-on-your-dashboard fills while King bashes away in Drop-D tuning, which allows you to power chord with one finger. And No Singles engages new fans with its best stuff up front. Even for Japandroids, “Darkness on the Edge of Gastown” is bluntly composed, little more than one chord alternately bludgeoned and left to dissonantly ring before a coda that stresses tension where later songs would lean on catharsis.
It probably wasn’t their intention to cast Post-Nothing in an even better light, but No Singles does show that it featured real craftsmanship instead of just reckless abandon. On the waltz-timed “Sexual Aerosol”, you hear a likable band as much indebted to late-90s, post-Sunny Day emo as punk; decent, but not playing with any real urgency. The vocals are in place– for the most part King and Prowse do their back and forth, buddy-buddy thing with repeated, clipped phrases. “No Allegiance to the Queen” and “Coma Complacency” come close to locating the sort of anthem qualities of the band’s best songs, but spirited “whoas!” and “heys!” are the best sing-along moments there.
In many places, songs seem much looser than the band’s later material. Tracks that retain an off-the-cuff, jam-like composition (“Lucifer’s Symphony”, “Couture Suicide”) lack a monster riff or sense of drama to justify their length. It’s no surprise that of these songs, only “Gastown” and their over-the-top take on Mclusky’s “To Hell With Good Intentions” regularly make their live shows these days. Despite the hit and miss content, Japandroids come off as so genuine it would be cynical to view this release with suspicion. Hell, if anything, it’s proof positive that they’re improving– and a cautionary tale against the dangers of hyping bands in their infancy and not giving them chances to develop.
— Ian Cohen, May 13, 2010
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Tracklisting
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1. (00:04:12) Japandroids – Darkness on the Edge of Gastown
2. (00:04:34) Japandroids – No Allegiance to the Queen
3. (00:03:56) Japandroids – Sexual Aerosol
4. (00:01:44) Japandroids – Lovers/Strangers
5. (00:06:51) Japandroids – Lucifer’s Symphony
6. (00:04:38) Japandroids – Couture Suicide
7. (00:02:35) Japandroids – Avant Sleepwalk
8. (00:03:02) Japandroids – Coma Complacency
9. (00:03:25) Japandroids – To Hell with Good Intentions
10. (00:05:13) Japandroids – Press Corps
Playing Time………: 00:40:10
Total Size………..: 93.74 MB
NFO generated on…..: 8/3/2010 9:18:08 AM