The Drums
Sun 15 Nov 2009
I Don’t Care About Nothin’
One of the big things with the internet is that it really opens up the world and removes a lot of ideas about seasonal music. The last few months we’ve been enjoying a lot of sun-inflected blissed-out summer vibes, while shivering through winter. Now though, things are warming up, and The Drums’ music is perfectly suited to laying on the beach, taking in the sun. Distorted bass line hooks, swooping vocals and gang whistles all fall in to place with this 1950s surf-meets-Joy Division four-piece from Brooklyn. I can’t really imagine the band particularly enjoying the American winter - singer Jonathan Pierce and guitarist Jacob Graham met as kids at summer camp, and their debut EP is called Summertime! For goodness sake!
However, The Drums don’t just focus on enjoying the sun (not that that’s a bad thing) - “We only write about two feelings: one is the first day of summer when you and all of your friends are standing on the edge of a cliff watching the sun set and being overcome with all of your hopes and dreams at once. The other is when you’re walking alone in the rain and realise you will be alone forever.” Girls, then. Surfing and girls - summer can last forever.
The Drums- Let’s Go Surfing: MP3
November 16th, 2009 at 8:02 am
yay for David!
November 17th, 2009 at 10:30 am
This band are far to catchy for there own good. Nice stuff Astro
November 30th, 2009 at 9:46 am
this band is awful. Their wikipedia page is obviously written by their manager.
December 8th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Lovely write-up Mr Klein. The sound of these guys suit you to a tee.
I’d love to see you surfing!