Favorite tracks: THE HOUSE THAT HEAVEN BUILT, YOUNGER US
Least favorite track: FOR THE LOVE OF IVY
fantano
Celebration Rock
Japandroids (2012)
5.0/ 10
“On the band's sophomore LP, Japandroids do a great job of eliciting very righteous, life-defining emotions, but don't really surround them with anything that's terribly engaging, musically.”
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