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Celebration Rock finds that some of the best moments in life can come from uncertainty.
90
Where Post-Nothing melts into a hazy dream, Celebration Rock does exactly what it claims to do—it burns on and on like the best sort of party.
88
The first thing you take from Celebration Rock is just how much they've improved in terms of capturing pure sound, everything hitting louder and clearer than before.
87
Celebration Rock is in perpetual motion, driven by a visceral sense of urgency that most modern guitar music is so sorely lacking.
80
With Celebration Rock, King and Prowse have constructed an album that's near impossible to dislike.
80
The sheer energy pouring from this record is breathtaking: not until the very final song (‘Continuous Thunder’) does Celebration Rock’s sense of acceleration cease.
80
Celebration Rock is instead a triumph, showing that those with least to lose often have most to gain.
80
Celebration Rock isn’t a final stand, it’s a push forward.
70
Celebration Rock’s high-tempo riff rock concerns itself with energy and embraces our serendipitous run-ins with those good times worth remembering.
60
The second album from noise-punk duo Japandroids works every straining sinew to convince you what enormous fun you must be having in its company, but still winds up striking a curiously sour note.
60
Aptly, the title is about as subtle and nuanced as the record itself: a short, samey burst of enjoyable, yet disposable, garage rock.
Very skramy, noisy, garage rock that I remember another college friend of mine would always play near me (I'm referencing a lot of them, huh?). Our local college radio station would play some of their songs off of this thing and I remember thinking how gorgeous the radio was for blessing me with this kind of music when I was in need of it most. I would have loved listening to this shit back in high school for sure!
Good, catchy album but also repetitive which is holding it back from being a must-listen in my eyes.
Healthy run time though which makes it more recommendable.
Going to start rating an album a day again. I've been disenchanted lately so need to start getting back into the swing of things.
Hopefully I can keep it up :)
Healthy run time though which makes it more recommendable.
Going to start rating an album a day again. I've been disenchanted lately so need to start getting back into the swing of things.
Hopefully I can keep it up :)
Celebration Rock is a underappreciated rock gem. The album truly lives up to the name of celebration, beginning and ending with fireworks. It seems as though Japandroids are pushing forward through hardships with an unparalleled sense of hope. The music sounds upright and triumphant, and by the album closer "Continuous Thunder", they sound weary but proud. It's super straightforward, just guitars and drums that are completely in sync creating rock-solid rhythms. The vocals are ... read more
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