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JAPANDROIDS - Post-Nothing

Name: JAPANDROIDS – Post-Nothing
Item: Post-Nothing
Rating: 7
Author: Roberto Mandolini

2009 (Polyvinyl)

alt-rock, lo-fi

by Roberto Mandolini

There was a period, at the start of the Nineties, when people got excited about anything that sounded noisy, melodic and lo-fi at the same time, as if the energy of Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr and Pixies had to infect the entire rock universe. And indeed people did get excited, over early Pavement and all the bands that clustered around their success, among them the wonderful Seam. Well, the Japandroids' debut brings to mind exactly "Headsparks", the first record by Sooyoung Park's band.

"Post-Nothing" contains eight songs, eight sticky melodies wrapped in riffs that burst into the ears with the urgency of an emotional hurricane. The vocals, recorded in low fidelity like everything else, scream out the songs' choruses, always set against Brian King's guitars and Dave Prowse's drums. On "Heart Sweats" and "Crazy/Forever" there are clear affinities with the unforgettable Nirvana and the unsurpassed early Smashing Pumpkins.

You probably had to have lived through the early Nineties with a teenager's enthusiasm to get truly excited about Japandroids' indie-rock.

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05/11/2009

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This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Roberto Mandolini, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.

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