Celebration Rock I am so excited about this new record, I am nervous to even start listening to it. Pitchfork gave it an 8.8. "Younger Us" is now the sixth song on the awe-inspiring Celebration Rock, and nothing has changed except how its context raises the possibility that it doesn't actually have to be about them. This shift in perspective is crucial to understanding how Celebration Rock can somehow manage to completely dwarf its impressive predecessor despite being made the same exact way-- same personnel, same producer, same minimal-overdub policy, same instruments, same eight-song tracklist. Hell, even the cover's pretty much the same. But in writing about something other than the experience of being Japandroids, the duo taps into a power greater than itself to address impossibly vast and elemental topics-- friendship, lust, revenge, art, self-actualization-- with songs every bit as big." https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40388#msg-40388 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:25:52 -0500 Phorum 5.2.23 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42774#msg-42774 Re: Celebration Rock https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42774#msg-42774 madisdadi Trouser Press Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:02:05 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42766#msg-42766 Re: Celebration Rock https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42766#msg-42766 nosepail Trouser Press Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:22:54 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42764#msg-42764 Re: Celebration Rock https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42764#msg-42764 madisdadi Trouser Press Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:18:29 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42746#msg-42746 Re: Celebration Rock Live https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42746#msg-42746 nosepail Trouser Press Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:16:06 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42480#msg-42480 Re: Celebration Rock Live https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42480#msg-42480 Michael Toland Trouser Press Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:48:19 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42476#msg-42476 Re: Celebration Rock Live https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42476#msg-42476 looking forward to both]]> madisdadi Trouser Press Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:30:56 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42447#msg-42447 Re: Celebration Rock Live https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,42447#msg-42447 Michael Toland Trouser Press Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:32:29 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40754#msg-40754 Re: Celebration Rock Live https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40754#msg-40754
But I like it, and the Gun Club cover is a nice touch. As is the very nice packaging for the vinyl version, as nosepail noted above.]]> rhettlawrence Trouser Press Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:38:53 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40749#msg-40749 Re: Celebration Rock Live https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40749#msg-40749 Michael Toland Trouser Press Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:38:45 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40748#msg-40748 Re: Celebration Rock Live https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40748#msg-40748 totaji Trouser Press Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:35:08 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40745#msg-40745 Re: Celebration Rock Live https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40745#msg-40745


Post Edited (06-27-12 10:24)]]> nosepail Trouser Press Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:24:41 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40723#msg-40723 Re: Celebration Rock Aust/NZ edition https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40723#msg-40723 nosepail Trouser Press Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:11:39 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40660#msg-40660 Re: Celebration Rock Aust/NZ edition https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40660#msg-40660 The great vinyl reformatting project is a ways off, I'm afraid.]]> Aitch Trouser Press Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:55:23 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40612#msg-40612 Re: Celebration Rock Aust/NZ edition https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40612#msg-40612
Those covers are simply the B-sides from the singles they have put out the last 3 years. Most are not that great.]]> nosepail Trouser Press Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:03:16 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40611#msg-40611 Re: Celebration Rock Aust/NZ edition https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40611#msg-40611 Aitch Trouser Press Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:53:04 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40560#msg-40560 Re: Celebration Rock https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40560#msg-40560 nosepail Trouser Press Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:29:56 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40559#msg-40559 Re: Celebration Rock https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40559#msg-40559
I suppose if you forced Japandroids to get a bass player, practice constantly and hire a slick producer, they'd sound like the Hold Steady and the Gaslight Anthem. Otherwise it sounds like NPR just said, "Hey, all these bands have guitar and hooks - they sound alike!"]]> Michael Toland Trouser Press Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:10:29 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40558#msg-40558 Re: Celebration Rock https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40558#msg-40558
They were comparing 'em to The Hold Steady and The Gaslight Anthem on NPR's All Songs Considered podcast...?]]> Jermoe Trouser Press Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:25:15 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40557#msg-40557 Re: Celebration Rock https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40557#msg-40557
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My RS friend gave it a 4 star review this week, meaning it's at least as good as the latest Mayer record. I think the record is incredible. Totally satisfying.

Which?]]> HollowbodyKay Trouser Press Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:22:58 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40534#msg-40534 Re: Celebration Rock https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40534#msg-40534 nosepail Trouser Press Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:48:47 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40525#msg-40525 Re: Celebration Rock https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40525#msg-40525
I listened to the new record by Australia's Royal Headache the other day, and this reminds me a lot of that. Not that the two bands sound exactly the same, but there are some similarities (turbocharged pop melodies, youth, a general air of last-day-on-earth enthusiasm), especially in spirit.



Post Edited (06-08-12 15:56)]]> Michael Toland Trouser Press Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:49:29 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40397#msg-40397 Re: Celebration Rock https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40397#msg-40397
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I just started streaming it...hot fun in the summertime.]]> Jermoe Trouser Press Wed, 30 May 2012 15:48:13 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40390#msg-40390 Re: Celebration Rock https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40390#msg-40390 nosepail Trouser Press Wed, 30 May 2012 12:48:28 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40389#msg-40389 Re: Celebration Rock https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40389#msg-40389 Michael Toland Trouser Press Wed, 30 May 2012 12:47:24 -0500 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40388#msg-40388 Celebration Rock https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,40388,40388#msg-40388
"Younger Us" is now the sixth song on the awe-inspiring Celebration Rock, and nothing has changed except how its context raises the possibility that it doesn't actually have to be about them. This shift in perspective is crucial to understanding how Celebration Rock can somehow manage to completely dwarf its impressive predecessor despite being made the same exact way-- same personnel, same producer, same minimal-overdub policy, same instruments, same eight-song tracklist. Hell, even the cover's pretty much the same. But in writing about something other than the experience of being Japandroids, the duo taps into a power greater than itself to address impossibly vast and elemental topics-- friendship, lust, revenge, art, self-actualization-- with songs every bit as big."]]> nosepail Trouser Press Wed, 30 May 2012 12:42:05 -0500