Caves of Hercules which passes under the Strait of Gibraltar and emerges at St. Michael's Cave in Gibraltar. Legend has it that the Barbary macaques entered the Rock of Gibraltar from Morocco this way. Mythological tradition also holds that the Roman god Hercules stayed and slept in this cave before doing his 11th labour, which was to get golden apples from the Hesperides Garden, which some ancient Greek writers said was located nearby at Lixus. According to some Roman sources, while on his way to the garden of the Hesperides, Hercules had to cross the mountain that was once Atlas. Instead of climbing
Near to the Wild Heart of Life whose title is itself a reference to the 1916 novel "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce. In an interview with National Public Radio (NPR), King explained the title: On October 31, 2016, Japandroids announced their third album "Near to the Wild Heart of Life" via a teaser video featuring live footage from their 4-night stand at The Cobalt in Vancouver. On November 2, 2016, it was confirmed that the album would be released by Anti- on January 27, 2017, and preceded by a limited edition 7" of the album's title track. When asked about