FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 14, 2024
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JAPANDROIDS SHARE NEW TRACK “D&T”

FOURTH AND FINAL ALBUM ‘FATE & ALCOHOL’
COMING OUT OCTOBER 18

Photo Credit: Dan Monick

“The whole point of this band is to let go of your inhibitions and give yourself over to larger-than-life celebration rock. “Chicago” gives us more than enough to work with in that regard.” - Stereogum

“Chicago” finds Japandroids doing what they have always done best: Enormous, relentlessly striving guitars flying above a battlefield of drums, lyrics capturing the grimy beauty of living fully, even if the cost is some self-destruction.” - Rolling Stone

"While it’s sad that Japandroids is coming to a close officially, it’s fun to hear David Prowse and Brian King make their exit with a sense of fiery urgency. Lead single “Chicago” conveys that urgency with its brisk pace and suffocating guitars, ensuring that the beloved duo go out like an explosive firework." - Uproxx

On October 18 Japandroids will release ‘Fate & Alcohol’, their fourth and final full-length. Written in part while the duo—drummer-vocalist David Prowse and guitarist-vocalist Brian King—were touring behind their 2017 ANTI- debut, ‘Near to the Wild Heart of Life’, the album is at once a return to form and a thrilling step forward, a monument to the chemistry they’ve honed over nearly two decades side-by-side. Today they are sharing “D&T”, a song whose natural effervescence is shot through with glimpses of the morning after. Listen to it below.

Listen to “D&T”: https://youtu.be/j-kp21n44bc

When asked about the song’s origins, King explained: “We had been on the road for a year and a half, and the plan was to wrap-up our riot of indulgence with a four-night stand in Philly. We arrived early, exhausted and disheveled, voices shot, hearts parched, and while we had every intention of easing into it, someone inevitably called all-hands-to-the-bar and away we went. One before-breakfast eye-opener turned into two and pretty soon I was pleasantly jingled. With soundcheck still hours away, I decided that a walk was in order and slipped outside under the guise of a cigarette. Half a block later, I was stopped by an intangible stranger who politely remarked that he had seen plenty of drinkin' johnnies and cokey joes aimlessly exploring the streets of Philadelphia, but I took the cake. He prescribed Jesus and water, which I solemnly acknowledged. Sheepishly, I returned to my stool and upon seeing my reflection in the mirror behind the bar became wistful and started writing.”

Prowse and King met in the early 2000s as students at The University of Victoria in British Columbia. They quickly bonded over a shared love of Wolf Parade and Constantines, bands whose earnest, heart-on-sleeve indie rock would become a blueprint for Japandroids, which they’d eventually form in 2006 as the two found themselves both living and working in Vancouver. “From the moment we started playing,” Prowse says, “there was something that felt special to both of us.”

Over the next 18 years they would make records and play shows like each one might be their last. While their scrappy 2009 debut LP, ‘Post Nothing,’ brought them renown and critical acclaim outside of Vancouver, its thunderous 2012 follow-up, ‘Celebration Rock,’ was a breakthrough on every level—a beloved, career-defining triumph that is still widely considered one of the best rock albums of the 21st century. Its success made Japandroids a fixture at festivals and on late-night TV and inspired an equally passionate response from new fans around the world, one that was wilder and more wondrous than anything they could have imagined. Fast forward a few years and they were headlining Toronto’s Massey Hall, a Canadian landmark and national treasure. By remaining true to the joys of their first jam sessions, they’ve become a great and life-affirming rock band on their own terms, in their own way. 

Pre-Order ‘Fate & Alcohol’
1. Eye Contact High
2. D&T
3. Alice
4. Chicago
5. Upon Sober Reflection
6. Fugitive Summer
7. A Gaslight Anthem
8. Positively 34^th Street
9. One Without the Other
10. All Bets Are Off

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