Japandroids have today shared new single, “D&T,” a track off their forthcoming album Fate & Alcohol, their fourth and final LP, dropping October 18th via Arts & Crafts. Fate & Alcohol  was written in part while the duo—drummer-vocalist David Prowse and guitarist-vocalist Brian King—were touring behind their 2017 release Near to the Wild Heart of Life.

From Brian King “We had been on the road for a year and a half, and the plan was to wrap-up our riot of indulgence with a four-night stand in Philly. We arrived early, exhausted and disheveled, voices shot, hearts parched, and while we had every intention of easing into it, someone inevitably called all-hands-to-the-bar and away we went. One before-breakfast eye-opener turned into two and pretty soon I was pleasantly jingled. With soundcheck still hours away, I decided that a walk was in order and slipped outside under the guise of a cigarette. Half a block later, I was stopped by an intangible stranger who politely remarked that he had seen plenty of drinkin’ johnnies and cokey joes aimlessly exploring the streets of Philadelphia, but I took the cake. He prescribed Jesus and water, which I solemnly acknowledged. Sheepishly, I returned to my stool and upon seeing my reflection in the mirror behind the bar became wistful and started writing.”

Prowse and King met in the early 2000s as students at The University of Victoria in British Columbia. They quickly bonded over a shared love of Wolf Parade and Constantines, bands whose earnest, heart-on-sleeve indie rock would become a blueprint for Japandroids, which they’d eventually form in 2006 as the two found themselves both living and working in Vancouver. “From the moment we started playing,” Prowse says, “there was something that felt special to both of us.”

Japandroids
Fate & Alcohol
tracklist
Arts & Crafts

01. Eye Contact High
02. D&T
03. Alice
04. Chicago
05. Upon Sober Reflection
06. Fugitive Summer
07. A Gaslight Anthem
08. Positively 34th Street
09. One Without the Other
10. All Bets Off

pre-order Fate & Alcohol HERE