With temperatures outside reaching the lower 30s, it was
inside however, where there was a much more sweatier and claustrophobic environment.
Japandroids were in the UK to play a few shows before their
slot at Latitude Festival, and the final UK shows on the tour of critically-acclaimed
Celebration Rock. The sweltering
conditions inside, meant for a stuffy show, that wasn’t going to hold back
despite the intense heat.
Their extensive global touring hasn’t slowed them down, the two
journeymen from British Columbia, who’d planned to call it a day before the
success of their debut album, Post
Nothing, play ever show like it’s their last. The opener “Fire’s Highway”
starts off the crowd with the hollering of ‘woah ohs’ that seem a present
fixture in every Japandroids song, whilst the nostalgia-filled “Younger Us” is an
anthemic beast ready made for bigger venues than a modest Dingwalls, whilst “Wet
Hair” saw the crowd bouncing up and down.
“Continuous Thunder”, with its military drumming, slowed
down the relentless pace for a few minutes, before the rare “I Quit Girls” got
an outing that was complete with a few improvised chord changes. The duo
followed with their so-called “hit single”, “The House That Heaven Built”,
where singer/guitarist Brian King called for “anything goes”, resulting in a
surge of crowd surfers and stage divers. The set was ended their take on The
Gun Club’s “For the Love of Ivy”.
This is Japandroids’ one final knockout blow before heading
home to Canada to work on a new record and a well-earned rest, and no doubt
they’ll coming back for more in later years.
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