Japandroids - Near To The Wild Heart Of Life (Jan 27, 2017) Album • Page 17

Arc of Bar rules

 

Theyve really outdone themselves with this one

 

Arc Of Bar is definitely an early favorite for me, along with North East South West and In A Body Like A Grave

 

I can't even pick a favorite. If I had to right this second it would be True Love... but that will change next time I listen probably.

 

hes a bit of a hack

 

Im sorry for not finding you sooner

:,(

 

True Love for me. song is gorgeous

 

The last 3 songs are really stellar

 

That Stereogum article is fucking stupid

 

I didn't read it yet, but I could tell from the Twitter headline that it was going to be insufferable.

 

first couple songs sound like how i expect a followup to cr to sound. rest of this is really weird. im into it

 

Yeah love this. The closer was cool. Need to listen to this more, but I was surprised how much better the lyrics are. On CR they fit the songs well, but I feel he really applied himself more here.

 

back home to youuuuuuuu

 

4 songs in, everything rules so far.

 

8 songs in, everything rules.

 

Everything I wanted it to be from what they had said in the lead up.

 

WTF is this shit

 

I can't wait to go on a drive with this CD blaring through my speakers; pre-ordered this yesterday

 

It's almost as if they wrote and recorded their album before an idiot was elected president of a nation that isn't their home country!

 

It's pretty much the nadir of "cultural hot take" music journalism.

 

"Arc of Bar" might actually be my least favorite track on this album

 

I mean, I can understand wanting to listen to something less effusive on a day like today, but that's why it's a good thing that the album lasts for longer than the next few weeks. Just feels like an extension of the "listen for a week and move on" trend that a lot of listeners seem to be following these days.

 

however those two records that are also mentioned in that article are absolute must listens, by the way.

 

Lol "the album isn't sad enough" is what I'm reading from that quote

 

It's like the writer is searching for any excuse to dislike the album for the sake of being cool and contrarian. I've already seen a similar backlash against Japandroids in certain quarters of twitter for spurious reasons (mainly because 'men like them'), so I'm starting to think a broader critical movement against them may be imminent.