Fate & Alcohol: CD Ólafur Arnalds Tommy Potter

Tommy Potter

The dovetail of melodic greatness and face-crushingly heavy guitars and rhythms on Memorial is glorious

and 12-page booklet with extensive liner notes and rare photos

it’s less about how I see things and more about the way things just are

as far afield as Australia and Dubai

Fate & Alcohol: CD Ólafur Arnalds Tommy PotterAfter seven years, Japandroids have returned with Fate and Alcohol, their fourth and final full length. Written in part while the Vancouver duo guitarist vocalist Brian King and drummer vocalist David Prowse were touring behind their 2017 ANTI debut, Near to the Wild Heart of Life, the album is at once a return to form and a thrilling step forward, testament to the sort of chemistry that they've honed over the course of 18 years and hundreds of shows