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The Drums
The Drums
Genres: Pop, Rock

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Best Friend
2. Me and the Moon
3. Lets Go Surfing
4. Book of Stories
5. Skippin' Town
6. Forever and Ever Amen
7. Down By the Water
8. It Will All End In Tears
9. We Tried
10. I Need Fun In My Life
11. I'll Never Drop My Sword
12. The Future

CD Details

All Artists: The Drums
Title: The Drums
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Downtown
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 9/14/2010
Genres: Pop, Rock
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 602527369099

Synopsis

Album Description

Highly anticipated 2010 full length debut album from the New York Post-Punkers. The four-piece played on the NME Awards Tour alongside The Maccabees, Bombay Bicycle Club and The Big Pink. They entered 2010 as one of the most tipped acts in the media. They featured at #5 in BBC Sound Poll 2010 and were #1 in Shazam. MSN, Pitchfork, MTV, The Observer, The Sunday Times Culture, Sunday Express, The Daily Mirror, The Sun, Heat and Q. Feaatures the singles 'Forever And Ever, Amen' and 'Best Friend'. Island.

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CD Reviews

A pleasant beat!

Nse Ette | Lagos, Nigeria | 06/15/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"US quartet Drums' eponymous album was recorded in a bedroom using a guitar, an old Roland keyboard, a microphone, a tambourine, and an old reverb machine, if singer Jonathan Pierce is to be believed. The result is rather Spartan but highly melodic Synth-Pop rich in harmonies and chiming sixties-sounding guitars.

Opening is the bouncy "Best friend", while "Me and the moon" opens with a beat remniscent of Kenny Loggins' "Footloose" before pulsing synths take over.

The sunny jangly "Let's go surfing" has a nice whistle refrain while Pierce sings "Mama, I wanna go surfing", and just as cheerful are "Forever and ever amen" and "It will all end in tears".

My favourite is the ballad "Down by the water" which is a melancholic slow shuffling Doo-wop song with pleading vocals. Closing is the atmospheric Beach Boys-channeling "The future".

The Drums supply a steady and pleasant beat."

So good!

A. Richards | 08/06/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I saw this recommended on StereoGum and thought, why not? Little did I know how addictive this album is! It is the perfect summertime music, and has a fun 80's pop feel to it. How can you resist a catchy pop song that starts, "You were my best friend, but then you died." Effing brilliant. The whole album is catchy, but not annoyingly so, and has great hooks and beats. Every time I play it, people ask me what it is and find themselves bopping along w/ the music. A nice break from some of the other crap that's floating around this summer. Totally recommended."