No Singles

by Japandroids

Overview

Polyvinyl's No Singles compiles Japandroids' first two out of print EPs, All Lies and Lullabye Death Jams, offering fans a chance to check out the duo in its even looser, post-punk beginnings. As the album title implies, No Singles doesn't pack in the hits like their excellent full-length debut, Post-Nothing. The early material is ramshackle, with back-and-forth shouts and youthful jubilation, but the songs lack an anchor: the fist-pumping hooks that became Japandroids' calling card. That key ingredient notwithstanding, Brian King and David Prowse display a lot of promise and chemistry in their early stages, and the walloping "Hey! Hey! Hey!" of "Coma Complacency," the chugging harmonic guitar clinks vs. rock 'em sock 'em drums in "Darkness on the Edge of Gastown," and the urgent playground taunts of Mclusky's "To Hell with Good Intentions" will be enough to make hardcore fans very happy. For completists who probably already own the EPs, the bang-up remastering job by John Golden (Nirvana, Melvins) and thick liner notes justify an upgrade. ~ Jason Lymangrover

Product Details

Release Date:	05/11/2010
Label:	Polyvinyl
UPC:	0644110019318
Rank:	81844

Tracks

1. Darkness on the Edge of Gastown
2. No Allegiance to the Queen
3. Sexual Aerosol
4. Lovers/Strangers
5. Lucifer¿¿¿s Symphony
6. Couture Suicide
7. Avant Sleepwalk
8. Coma Complacency
9. To Hell with Good Intentions
10. Press Corps

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Japandroids   Primary Artist
Brian King   Guitar,Vocals
David Prowse   Drums,Vocals

Technical Credits

Chapple   Composer
John Golden   Remastering
Thomas Shields   Mixing,Engineer,Mastering
Mclusky   Composer
Japandroids   Composer
Laura Hatfield   Photography
Brian King   Composer,Musician,Photography,Group Member
David Prowse   Composer,Group Member
Nikki Haselberger   Photography
Pocket Lynt   Photography
Quinn Omori   Photography
Sam Cowling   Photography
Steve Louie   Photography
Logan Sturrock   Photography
Mark Pickersgill   Photography
Martha Essak   Photography
Matt Skillings   Mixing,Engineer,Mastering,Photography
Danielle Fancher   Photography
Darryl Sheepwash   Photography