Believe me, there’s nothing I’d rather do than devote this blog to how madly in love I am with Grimes, but I must press on.
Vancouver’s Japandroids are set to release their new album “Celebration Day” in June. The album, their first since signing with Polyvinyl Records, will be the first of new material since 2009’s “Post-Nothing.”
Brian King (guitar, vocals) and David Prowse (drums, vocals) recently sat down for an interview with Pitchfork to talk about the new album.
The following excerpt has to be my favorite bit from said interview, but I’m always a sucker for a well-placed “Simpsons” reference:
Pitchfork: How was the making of Post-Nothing different than the making of the new album?
Brian King: We had no idea what we were doing when we recorded Post-Nothing. We would just do four or five takes,and then pick the one that had the least amount of fuck-ups in it. Like, on “Heart Sweats”, there’s a guitar solo where I totally miss a note– it’s clearly a fuck-up. It was like that scene in “The Simpsons” where Mr. Burns is watching his own movie– he’s riding a horse, falls off,and is dragged back and forth–and he’s like,”We did 20 takes, and that was the best one.”
If you’re looking for a great jumping-on point for Japandroids look no further than their single “Younger Us” off of the album “Post-Nothing.”
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