Summerdroids

As summer shines the fun goes up and the posts go down, so soz about that, but you should all be outside anyway, not reading (albeit brilliant) blogs like this. To keep things in line with the summer vybz, i'll serve up some good old fashioned reminiscence and nostalgia.

As has been shown before, the sunshine seems to stir up all those good-time memories of summers gone by. Japandroid's latest single, Younger Us, is no exception, as it remembers all the things that they used to be able to do when they were younger, such as "that night you were already in bed, said fuck it, got up to drink with me instead". It's a pretty great track that channels the kind of passion and emotion rarely heard in modern 'indie' or whatever, with its preference for insouciance over heart. In this respect the band share a fraternal bond with the likes of Titus Andronicus and The Gaslight Anthem, bands unafraid to raise their voice above a coo and a whisper and to wear their hearts on their sleeves as they say. 


From looking at pictures of Japandroids it seems rather premature for them to already be harking back to their younger selves and their reckless ways, but when the results are so thrilling i'm not gonna argue.


Download Younger Us