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Jan 27, 2017While Japandroids have always walked a tightrope between classic rock and straight-up punk, Near To The Wild Heart Of Life finds their footing wobbling for the first time.
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Q MagazineJan 17, 2017The whole thing is a bit of a grower and a tentative flex in a new direction with just about enough of their old sound to keep fans happy. [Mar 2017, p.111]
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Feb 8, 2017The energy imparted simply can’t overcome a drowning of influences, or rather, the kinetic is overcome by the potential.
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Jan 26, 2017Near to the Wild Heart of Life succeeds only in proving that the Japandroids of 2017 will have a hard time matching their former glories.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 34 out of 42
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Mixed: 7 out of 42
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Negative: 1 out of 42
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