Male Bonding, Mumford & Sons, Owl City, Posture & the Grizzly, Tucker Beathard, and Wavves have acknowledged the band's influence, and critics have noted traits of the band's sound in the music of Japandroids.
Male Bonding, Mumford & Sons, Owl City, Posture & the Grizzly, Tucker Beathard, Wavves, and the Chainsmokers; the latter even mentioned the band in the lyrics of their number-one hit song "Closer". Critics have noted traits of the band's sound in the music of Japandroids.