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Post-Nothing

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There are always two kinds of music fans. The type that listen to the hype a band generates and the kind that listen with a critical ear. I've always been the first. And when i read reviews for the debut for japandroids i was amped.

The album is a cloudy yet sophisticated set of songs. I've always has respect for bands that aren't afraid to put less than 12 songs on a album. To me it's to just take out the filler and work on the better songs. This seems to be the practice of japandroids. Even though some of the lyrics are repetetive they are always taken second next to the music, and they are pop-fest of originaliity. I like how they are only a duo, but don't get caught up in incestrual nature of some duo. I even here some through backs to late 80s punk-hardcore, then drop in some shoegaze in the same song.

I wonder if i could convince anybody to buy this cd. probably not with all my poor verbage. I don't even know the track listing right now, all i know is the song i'm on "Heart Sweats" freakin rocks. It has a classic rock bravado feel close to that of mick jagger, without the usual context of a mickjagger wannabe.

The next song crazy/forever, is sludgy, pulsing, arguably the best on the album. It reminds me of an Open Hand song that I love. The are vocals placed in the background for afterthought of the melody. A plea that what is now can always be.

i like this album, and i think my wife will like it to, it will be played alot on my trip to utah.

Listening to this reminds me of lots of early 90's noise-punk, emo, post-rock type stuff. The biggest influence I hear doesn't have to do with the songs, but rather the sound. It has a siamese dream like wall of sound and fuzz. It's quite impressive. It's a fun record. Took me about 3 full listens before I could sing along to some of it. It's sincere stuff. I like.

Hands-down, this is one of my favorite albums of 2009. It's a fun album to turn up the volume to and just rock out. It's just two guys playing an enthusiastic mix of post-punk, post-rock, and noise. The first three songs hit like a freight-train and are some of the best I've heard in a while. I defy anyone to not shout/sing along with "Wet Hair" as loud as you can. You just can't stop yourself. The last song, "I Quit Girls" is the best. It's so simple, yet it encapsulates the feeling of meeting "that" girl so well. The middle sags a bit because it slows down the tempo a bit but the songs are still top-notch. Plus, the album is short (8 songs, 35 minutes) so it breezes by quickly but it sticks with you for a long time.

Japandroids are pretty sick, but this album is not one you're going to listen to for more than a few days. The first three songs "The Boys are Leaving Town", "Young Hearts Spark Fire", and "Wet Hair"(especially "Young Hearts Spark Fire") are amazing, but I'd recommend getting it off iTunes or something because the rest of the album is semi-lackluster compared to the first three. "Heart Sweats" is actually pretty cool, I guess, and so is "Rockers East Vancouver", but I don't know, after the first three it all starts to sound a little too much the same. I can't even recall what those other songs sound like. And also this album kind of depressed me with all the fuzz. Check out The Pains of Being Pure at Heart because they are fuzzy like Japandroids, but they are pop-ier. Another album Japandroids kind of reminds me of is Les Savy Fav's "Inches", but it isn't fuzzy at all, the singer's just sound similar.

The first time i listened to Post-Nothing it was a real "WTF" kind of moment. Almost as if you were playing albums from two different artists at the same time. I could not stop listening, and I still cannot stop listening. I am trying to figure it out, break it down, find reason, I cannot... What I am finding is great music that will rock your face off...and I still do not understand. I still do not get it. But somehow it all fits into place.
It's a beautiful thing.

I don't care for the songs but undeniably, these two guys put out some serious sound and if you are into this type of music you will love this. I think you could have this on really loud and suddenly feel compelled to throw things at the wall.

This album flies by in the blink of a twitching lazy eye. However, at the end you'll feel very satisfied.

Remember the bus driver in elementary school with that twitching lazy eye that wanders around? You didn't want to stare at it for fear he cuss you out. He always smoked probably drank. No? Well that was my bus driver. He actually played Appetite for Destruction on his tape deck while we went to school. Actually picture that bus driver skit from when MTV used to be good, that's him.

This album reminds me of that guy for some reason. This album rocks my face.

I wonder where that bus driver is right now? Not the MTV guy, he was on some sitcom recently. He was also the lead actor in the great film, The Tao of Steve.

Buy this album.