Japandroids return with another new single from their upcoming latest album, Fate & Alcohol. New song “All Bets Are Off,” which closes the LP, was directly inspired by singer-guitarist Brian King's tour diary of a night off, during which he spotted an old flame while going up to a bar to observe characters . Listen to it below.
“All Bets Are Off” follows the previously released Fate & Alcohol singles “D&T” and “Chicago”. The full album arrives on October 18 via Anti-. When explaining how they approached their new and latest LP, King explained that Japandroids “made sure every song was cut in the jam space before [longtime recording engineer] Jesse [Gander] have you ever heard of it,” a way for them to prioritize energy and volume.
King and singer-drummer David Prowse met in the mid-2000s as students at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. They released their first album Japandroids, After-Nothingin 2009 after relocating to Vancouver followed by 2012 Holiday Rockof 2017 Close to the Wild Heart of Lifeand the 2020 live album Massey Fucking Hall.
Revisit the 2016 interview 'Synths! Ballads! Acoustic Guitars! Welcome to Japandroids 2.0.”
