Formed in 2006 in Vancouver, Canada, university friends Brian King and David Prowse were keen to make music and the two teamed up for new project, Japandroids. Inspired by garage rock bands such as The Sonics and The Gun Club. Japandroids turned their hand to making their own brand of noisey-but-melodic guitar music. Frustrated with the lack of opportunities in the Vancouver in the mid-00s, Japandroids became a part of the city’s DIY music and gig scene, gigging as much as they could but rarely outside of the city. The band gained somewhat of a reputation in Vancouver for putting on energetic shows for raucous crowds as fans gravitated towards the two piece no-thrills anthemic unpolished rock. Japandroids are part garage rock and part Springsteen-inspired stadium rock, evoking 90’s fuzz guitar through the guise of modern power pop. This authentic indie music resonated with British Columbian crowds, but it wasn’t until the band’s 2009 first full length album, Post-Nothing, things started to take off.

Post-Nothing’s timing was perfect. With 90’s and 00’s guitar-led alternative rock dwindling in the mainstream, and indie music’s seemingly primary purpose becoming to provide music for adverts. Japandroids first full length album reclaimed all the aspects which made this music so popular in the first place. Post-Nothing is brash and turbulent, and the album contains rare moments of respite from the duo giving it their all. Post-Nothing is teenage feelings for post-adolescent living. After the release of 2 EPs received well locally, Post-Nothing was the record that pushed Japandroids infront of a wider audience. Pitchfork’s positive rating of the album and label of ‘best new music’ put the band on a huge stage online, and a front cover shoot for respected Canadian music magazine Exclaim gave the band the recognition in their home country

Now the band were on a more serious platform demand was growing for them to build on their idea from Post-Nothing and release new material, which is when we got 2012’s Celebration Rock.