Japandroids – Younger Us
Vancouver punk duo Japandroids have been working on a project that sees them releasing a series of 7-inch singles over the course of the year – “Younger Us” (along with a cover of X’s “Sex and Dying in High Society”) being the second. If you want a copy, you better hurry, as there’s only 2500 clear vinyl copies available (buy here). As for the song, it’s sort of a bizarro version of “Young Hearts Spark Fire,” with a similar guitar part and surging drums, all wrapped loosely around Brian King’s lusty, nostalgic lyrics. In other words, it’s Japandroids, and it rocks.
Themocracy
[...] being cynical, one listen to the album and a highlight like “Fire’s Highway” (and previous 2010 single and addition here, “Younger Us”) makes it clear that nothing’s really changed for these Vancouver-based firebrands. The beer [...]