Posts tagged japandroids
9. Japandroids, “Young Hearts Spark Fire.” Post-Nothing.
Now that 2009 is safely behind us, the inevitable top ten lists commence. I’ll start with music, posting a track every day and then a summary. There are certainly a few themes, either in music or myself.
This one almost didn’t make my list. At times it feels too derivative, the sum of what I listed to in late high school. But that’s exactly why it’s notable. Everything about it is a reflection on earlier days. Hell, the fast drums with a single guitar, droning bass notes with full tone is how Ben and I used to play in my parents garage. Post-Nothing is the perfect title. This album highlights the span between those years and now.
I saw Japandroids play with an ex coworker at an over-18 show at Rickshaw Stop. Rail thin teens were not dressed for the cold that night, bumming cigarettes in the wind. But they never shivered while they hung off their girlfriends with Xs on their hands.
Inside, the teens jammed the front ten feet and the lone doorman found himself trying to quell the crowd. We stood behind the fray sipping our beer, watching them jump.
