WIN: Japandroids 'Celebration Rock' LPs

Is it June 29th yet or what? It has seriously been a long and annoying wait for us when it comes to the release of JAPANDROIDS' sophomore LP, Celebration Rock.

We have successfully destroyed the album's lead single, 'The House That Heaven Built' and it's accompanying B-Side, 'Jack The Ripper' for everyone else in the Sneakers office - so to know that the album is almost here, it's almost mindblowing. The tracks have demonstrated a distinct maturing from the Canadian duo, whilst still maintaining their original take on Garage Rock.

And we're certainly not the only ones to be overly excited about the album's impending release, with every taste-making critic from Rolling Stone, to NME, to Pitchfork and even BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe getting behind the guys most impressive creation yet. It's not surprising as the album encapsulates the live presence of Japandroids', with an incredibly high energy and youthful Punk tendencies translated in a unique and intriguing way.

And the high energy influence is clear in the reasoning behind recording a second album. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Guitarist/Vocalist Brian King stated: “During that whole time, we never really talked about what we were going to do when all the touring ended – we were just so happy playing shows. At the end of 2010, we were basically at the point where it was like, "OK, you want to keep touring? Well, you gotta go make another record....”

So to summarise, Celebration Rock is a kickarse album. And Japandroids are a kickarse band - one that we hope will be around for a while.

TRACKLIST:

1. The Nights of Wine and Roses

2. Fire's Highway

3. Evil's Sway

4. For the Love of Ivy (The Gun Club cover)

5. Adrenaline Nightshift

6. Younger Us

7. The House That Heaven Built

8. Continuous Thunder

+ Seven Bonus Tracks for the Australian/NZ release of the LP:

9. Heavenward Grand Prix [Bonus Track]

10. Art Czars [Bonus Track]

11. Sex and Dying in High Society (X cover) [Bonus Track]

12. Shame (PJ Harvey cover) [Bonus Track]

13. Racer-X (Big Black cover) [Bonus Track]

14. Jack the Ripper (Nick Cave cover) [Bonus Track]

15. Younger Us (7" Version) [Bonus Track]

Celebration Rock is out June 29th via Inertia

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WIN WIN WIN

In celebration of Celebration Rock (see what we did there?) we have THREE copies of Japandroids new album to give away thanks to Inertia! In the true spirit of the Canadian duo's intense live shows, to go in the running tell us the wildest thing you have ever done whilst attending a gig in the comments below. Also, don't forget to leave your name and email address as winners will be notified via email.

Words by Tom Hutchins

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