The music still trades heavily on David Prowse’s endlessly rolling drums and Brian King’s speedily-strummed electric guitar. The lyrics are maybe a bit more intricate this time around, but they still rely on open-hearted platitudes about life lived hard and love without restraint, the eternal human struggle between the righteous path and inclinations to darkness, and, of course, well-timed “whoa-oh” shouts than can sometimes say it all. Like its predecessor, you will play this album loud, shout along to it, and leave it sweaty, hoarse and invigorated.ĭeviations from the last album are subtle. The good news is that Japandroids once again have delivered the cathartic goods, even if the similarities to the previous album dull the sense of discovery some.
Five years after the release of breakthrough Celebration Rock, Near To The Wild Heart Of Life follows under the scrutiny targeted at any Next Big Thing.
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