7.8
Avg Score
6
Opinions
#5,017
All Time
8
Tracks
“Japandroids show that a bit of time off can really do you good on their impressive third album”
“Our take on 'Near to the Wild Heart of Life,' the latest from the Vancouver rockers.”
“Near to the Wild Heart of Life isn't the record fans waited five years for. But backed into a corner, Japandroids have penned a truly great record filled with all the guitar hooks, shout-along choruses about nights spent drinking, sweating and longing to be somewhere else that we've come to expect.”
“For the most part, Near to the Wild Heart of Life sticks to the Japandroids M.O., but the end results are less enticing.”
“In the immediate aftermath of ‘Post-Nothing’ in 2009, it felt like Japandroids would only be content with hurtling forward in a blaze of scorched-earth indie rock. 2012’s second album, ‘Celebration Rock’, fleshed out that intent with the Canadian band digging deeper into what they wanted to say, but even that was done at 100mph. ‘Near to the Wild Heart of Life’ slows and softens that shellacking ”
