Two weeks ago I bought Post Nothing by Japandroids. I was ambivalent at first, but now I'm obsessed. This LP makes me feel like I'm in middle school again, in the sense that I actually sit down in my bedroom and listen to the entire thing from start to finish, and I feel myself becoming more and more involved with and related to the music. It's not stuff I want to come on shuffle on my iPod. I want to listen to it as a body of work that I can really get into because it kicks ass.
The lyrics kind of embody a Ryan McGinley-esque spirit. They are all youth and exuberance and fuck it and naked time. The words fit perfectly with this two piece's musical output. Loud lo-fi and screams and enthusiasm for being alive and in love with being sort of young, or at least young enough to keep drinking too much and not sleeping and skirt chasing (hopefully, endearingly.)
The honest simplicity of a 6 minute song called "Crazy/Forever" where the only words are, "we'll stick together forever/stay sick together/be crazy forever" sums up so many codependent relationships.
And then my favorite track "Wet Hair" describes exactly how I feel about my life right now (if you insert the word "boys" for "girls," obv.) Just go for it and find the most repulsively attractive person to make out with! The Japandroids ain't so bad themselves.
she had wet hair
say what you will
i don't care
i couldn't resist it
these girls are all bikini kill
we need a ride to bikini island
we run the gauntlet
must get to france
so we can french kiss some
french girls*
In other news of awesome music, Har Mar Superstar and Adam Green will be on Jimmy Fallon tomorrow night, and JULIAN CASABLANCAS will be on Conan on Tuesday night. Sorry, Justin Bobby, but Tuesday you shall be overshadowed. xoxo.
*Ugh, and actually I saw the most disgustingly beautiful French boy on the downtown 2 today. He had the biggest nose and the most dead eyes and dirtiest looking mouth I've seen in a while. Matate tu misma!
