After 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 side-by-side.