Japandroids have announced a new album called Fate and Alcohol. The Vancouver duo’s first album since 2017’s Near to the Wild Heart of Life will also be their last, and it’s set to arrive on October 18 via ANTI-. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new single ‘Chicago’. Check it out below and scroll down for the album cover and tracklist.
Japandroids co-produced Fate and Alcohol with longtime collaborator Jesse Gander. “On our last record, we wanted to broaden the definition of a Japandroids song and purposely left our demos quite open and malleable so that we had more flexibility to experiment in the studio,” Brian King said in a statement. “At the time, this approach was new and exciting and inspired us to be bolder, to take more chances. We were aiming for a more cinematic take on our signature sound. This time, we made certain that every song ripped in our jam space before Jesse ever heard it. If you listen to our first demo of ‘Chicago’, it’s obviously much rougher than what you hear on record, but it’s all there. Even on a blown-out iPhone recording, the energy was obvious, and the feeling cut through loud and clear.”
“I don’t think we’re the most technically proficient band in the world,” Dave Prowse added. “And we’re not the most original-sounding or challenging band in the world. But we’ve always put a lot of passion into what we do, and I think that’s resonated with a lot of people. And I’m really grateful that we could be that band for people, in the same way that so many bands were for us.”
Fate and Alcohol Cover Artwork:
Fate and Alcohol Tracklist:
1. Eye Contact High
2. D&T
3. Alice
4. Chicago
5. Upon Sober Reflection
6. Fugitive Summer
7. A Gaslight Anthem
8. Positively 34th Street
9. One Without the Other
10. All Bets Are Off
