{"id":23931,"date":"2016-11-07T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23931"},"modified":"2016-11-06T10:15:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T15:15:55","slug":"japandroids-announce-new-album-near-to-the-wild-heart-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=23931","title":{"rendered":"Japandroids announce new album &#8216;Near To The Wild Heart Of Life&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After playing the last of their 200 shows in more than 40 countries in support of their 2012 album &#8216;Celebration Rock,&#8217;\u00a0Japandroids\u00a0took a break to rest and recover after their last show in November of 2013. The band wouldn&#8217;t\u00a0play again for three years. Last month, they made their return to the stage, playing intimate shows in Vancouver, Los Angeles, Toronto, London and New York City, in which they treated fans to their favourites from &#8216;Celebration\u00a0Rock&#8217;\u00a0and &#8216;Post-Nothing,&#8217; and previewed a handful of new, unreleased songs. Now,\u00a0the band has announced their third album, &#8216;Near To The Wild Heart Of Life,&#8217; out in Canada via\u00a0Arts &amp; Crafts\u00a0on\u00a0January 27, 2017. You can pre-order the album now at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001qH0EWvEwqfc6FQ7uhFgH1ligOkl4Wqnf_4tmTvw7tJn9w6Z75XvTkTYSRoJYE4om0-N5qHk4S3uVKxC7S53pMcpE7cOVdgFRmvs9PhzryJDrOVNrlSVsFBKJhdgTO-0VH4vqT7N6XMGWNK8022BEtbf4pzc4xhLR2fn28uRPWxg=&amp;c=qt8w7ip9biRK3X1vgPsxpVk4CDv3EmxUzfun6xDNtualYnnBJXeHew==&amp;ch=fcMeg-qIci-4nzkzXMBIiwVyqYuK0tdqbzcvdWD1WbGWRI251F-9-Q==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">japandroids.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Japandroids has also shared the first single from the record, <em>Near To The Wild Heart Of Life<\/em>. A special edition split 7&#8243; will also be available, featuring a B-side cover of the Talking Heads&#8217; <em>Love\u00a0\u2192\u00a0Building on Fire<\/em>, with purchase of pre-order.\u00a0Listen to <em>Near To The Wild Heart Of Life<\/em>\u00a0via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F290966400&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=8a8482\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&#8216;Near To The Wild Heart Of Life&#8217;\u00a0was written clandestinely throughout 2014 and 2015 in Vancouver, Toronto, New Orleans, and Mexico City. The record was (mostly) recorded by Jesse Gander, who had previously recorded both &#8216;Post-Nothing&#8217;\u00a0and &#8216;Celebration Rock,&#8217; at Rain City Recorders in Vancouver, BC (September-November, 2015). <em>True Love And A Free Life Of Free Will<\/em> was recorded by Damian Taylor during an exploratory recording session at Golden Ratio in Montreal, QC (February, 2015). The album was mixed by Peter Katis at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, CT (May, 2016) and mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in New York, NY (July, 2016).<\/p>\n<p>Like &#8216;Post-Nothing&#8217;\u00a0and &#8216;Celebration Rock,&#8217; the album is 8 songs. This is because 8 songs is the standard template for a great rock n roll album: &#8216;Raw Power&#8217;\u00a0by The Stooges, &#8216;Born To Run&#8217;\u00a0by Bruce Springsteen, &#8216;Marquee Moon&#8217;\u00a0by Television, &#8216;IV&#8217;\u00a0by Led Zeppelin, &#8216;Horses&#8217;\u00a0by Patti Smith, &#8216;Paranoid&#8217;\u00a0by Black Sabbath, &#8216;Remain In Light&#8217;\u00a0by Talking Heads, &#8216;Master Of Puppets&#8217;\u00a0by Metallica, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Like &#8216;Post-Nothing&#8217;\u00a0and &#8216;Celebration Rock,&#8217; the album was sequenced specifically for the LP. On &#8216;Near To The Wild Heart Of Life,&#8217; side A (songs 1-4) and side B (songs 5-7) each follow their own loose narrative. Taken together as one, they form an even looser narrative, with the final song on side B, <em>In A Body Like A Grave<\/em>, acting as an epilogue.<\/p>\n<h5>&#8216;Near to the Wild Heart of Life&#8217;\u00a0track listing<\/h5>\n<p>01. Near To The Wild Heart Of Life<br \/>\n02. North East South West<br \/>\n03. True Love And A Free Life Of Free Will<br \/>\n04. I&#8217;m Sorry (For Not Finding You Sooner)<br \/>\n05. Arc Of Bar<br \/>\n06. Midnight To Morning<br \/>\n07. No Known Drink Or Drug<br \/>\n08. 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