After Tonight We're Not Gonna Need It.

by Music for Robots on Thu, 2009/07/09 - 6:06am


Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire.
Lately I’ve been making my own hours and listening to mostly Big Star and Steely Dan. Anyone who’s spent any time around me in the last month or two can attest to this. Wake up late, make some strong coffee, cook up some fresh eggs and relax with Pretzel Logic or Radio City. Sounds like a fine time, right?

Well it took Japandroids to knock me out of this funk (no pun intended). I missed them earlier this year when pitchfork doled out the best new music and it wasn’t until Polyvinyl signed them and their record came across my desk that I figured I should listen. And I haven’t regretted it, and it hasn’t left my stereo since. As we enjoy what is one of those most mild and beautiful LA summers in recent memory it’s hard not to get 100% behind a line like "I don’t wanna worry about dying, I just want to worry about the sunshine girls." This works for me. I can understand it and the whole thing makes sense.

So tomorrow, instead of what you would normally listen to, slip this on. See what happens. See if your day has a little extra purpose, a little extra brotherhood to send you on your way. I know a lot of you could use it. We all could. So let these best buds from Canada shoulder the load for a minute while you rock out with your box out.

You can preorder this gem from our old friends over at Polyvinyl. Comes out in two weeks and it’s definitely worth your time.

 
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