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Post-Nothing
Universal acclaim
Based on 21 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 35 votes
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Album Info
Label: Polyvinyl/Unfamiliar
Release Date: 04 August 2009
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rock, Indie
Summary
This is the debut full-length album for the indie-rock duo from Vancouver, Canada.
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
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The Onion (A.V. Club)
While King’s hyperdrive approach to laying guitar brick rarely sits perfectly flush with Prowse’s cyclonic drums, every spasm on the recording sticks. The combined explosions never quit popping until the muddy sigh of the heartbreaking closer, 'I Quit Girls.'
Read Full Review >Slant Magazine
Maybe its sunstroke, but I feel compelled to suggest that two young Canucks trading in sludgy punk-pop tunes may have crafted a rock album that gets closer to perfection than any other album this year so far.
Read Full Review >Sputnikmusic
Japandroids' (or JPNDRDS) first full length--Post-Nothing--is the perfect embodiment of the post-teen angst, excitement, anxiety and fuck-it artlessness of finally packing your bags and moving on, wherever the destination as long as it’s at least a million miles away from home.
Read Full Review >No Ripcord
Regardless of classification, Japandroids have created something pure, something without pretense and without any concern for how smart or cool they will sound.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times
Vancouver duo Brian King and David Prowse throw themselves into every song as if it's the last one they'll ever play. That go-for-broke attitude carries their third album, which is less about the songs than the sheer joy of playing them.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
This is terminally catchy music played with punk's enthusiasm and velocity, and maybe it's the fact that there's only two dudes in this band that makes you feel like joining in to bash along.
Read Full Review >NOW Magazine
Post-Nothing is their eight-song debut, and it goes by in a flash of infectious, sweaty anthem jams about angsty youth problems.
Read Full Review >Tiny Mix Tapes
Post-Nothing is convincing in its candor to the point of exhaustion.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
They're innocent, they're simple, and they're filled with blindingly good hooks. It's all thrown together with a superb sense of knowing what works.
Read Full Review >Prefix Magazine
Filled with bounce, bite and surprising cohesion, Post-Nothing is a deceptive little piece that is as much fun as it is subversive.
Read Full Review >Drowned In Sound
Yes, there’s technically more instrumental breadth in most episodes of Sesame Street, but this is a deeply, troublingly emotional record.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express (NME)
Their debut is a gale-force riot, a virtual tempest of joyous abandon.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly
The cacaphonous bursts of garage-rock fuzz on this young Vancouver duo's third album are the stuff of a thousand beer-soaked basement parties--shambolic, sweaty, and happily unrefined.
Read Full Review >Filter
This album has the beauty of controlled chaos, it's emotive yet carefree and secure. [Spring 2009, p.103]
PopMatters
Sure, there’s nothing at all novel about young dudes feeling immortal and wanting to get laid, but Japandroids infuse those well-worn tropes with enough energy and songcraft to make it feel refreshing.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone
On their debut disc, Post-Nothing, guitarist Brian King and drummer David Prowse deliver a rush of fuzzed-out rockers and stoner-metal grooves, plus an awesomely bummed-out drone called 'I Quit Girls.'
Read Full Review >Spin
Japandroids have a point of view (young, male, infatuated with the promise of the present) and an M.O. (excellently fuzzed-out garage rock played as if at the apocalypse), but more impressively, they've mastered another secret to swaying the public: confidence without smugness.
Read Full Review >Delusions of Adequacy
Post-Nothing is an album that deserves listens and that will definitely gather support with this re-issue.
Read Full Review >The Phoenix
'Young Hearts Spark Fire' showcases their gleeful exuberance, but even on more subdued numbers like 'Sovereignty,' they still sound like two kids who don't yet know their own strength.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this template leaves little room for subtlety, yet what the duo's first lacks in brains it makes up for in sheer noisy exuberance, displaying on Crazy/Forever a common thread with the once majestic ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. [Dec 2009, p. 116]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 35 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Blue Meanie gave it an8:
Having been in so many bands, I know it's not always fair to the artist to say "They sound like...", but when they're new, you need a point of reference, so here goes: Japandroids sound like a male Sleater-Kinney (riot boys?) w/ a touch of Pavement & "Flip Your Wig era Husker Du". Lyrics are angst silly, but in a good way. The vocals sound a touch like Jane's Addiction. While it is a great primitive/naive garage rock workout kinda like a B-grade "Crazy Rythyms" by The Feelies, and worth picking up, I can't believe it was rated higher than the Sunset Rubdown album. I'll definitely be watching and listening for their next. The potential shines through.
Molten C. gave it a1:
What's with all these hyped-up reviews? I bought into the hype but came away feeling cheated. Garage Rock? Hardly. Or does garage rock suddenly have a new definition that doesn't include the Pebbles, Nuggets sound? No melodies or hooks to speak of. No real Songs. Give me authentic no wave, art punk, or garage rock anytime. The Japandroids just leave me cold ... and angry.
Rob B. gave it a9:
Tight arrangements that somehow remind me of jazz musicians riffing off each other. Low-fi, muddy sound that is more catchy and melodic than the top 40 playlist on the conglomerate-owned radio stations.
Stu gave it a9:
Fantastic... so simple and stripped down, with easily repeatable lyrics and sludgy, powerful melodies.. this is the kind of thing that gets your heart pumping as you press your foot harder on the gas pedal. please don't compare to no age and wavves... no age is more ambient and relaxed and is nothing like japandroids.. wavves is just some musician who saw everyone else making lo-fi music, and threw together some washed out guitars and high pitched harmonies on garageband with songs about being bored. There is no heart behind wavves (or live show for that matter).. and its surfy.. japandroids ain't surfy.
M Simpson gave it an8:
A good fun album that contains good honest 'rock' tracks. Its a fun party album (and great for my runs). Thos that have commented on the basic lyrics surely don't get the point?
Kevin W. gave it a9:
Not only do I love their music, but I love their influences. They cover Mclusky, but they also cite their love for the Chameloens (UK). Two such diverse sounds can only mean sweet pop perfection. I saw them live last week and can say they put as much energy into their live show as it sounds like they do in their recordings.
Evan H gave it a9:
Very promising debut album. More substance than Wavves or No Age, and therefore more accessible. Great album for rocking out.
