Man, I am so worn out. It’s not even 3pm and I’m ready for bed.
That’s my intro to the new The Drums album live review. It has a truly terrible
cover. The album, not the review.
Mirror
OK, sure. Sounds like The Drums. Reverb on the guitar, “ooooh”
in the background, softy soft voice, some drums. Because The Drums. “I’m not
the human that I could have been” – I like this line and all the “breathing
machine” business that follows. It’s no “St. Joseph’s Baby Aspirin”, but I’m
good with any song spent staring at yourself in the mirror wondering what good
you are. This is pleasantly existential for such a happy sounding song. I’m
turning up the volume.
I’ll Fight For Your
Life
Nice song name, nice intro. I feel like I’ve been stuck with
a bunch of albums in a row that don’t understand the value of sonically
distinguishing one song from another so it’s nice to have it happen on
something that sounds really poppy and simple. The driving bass is really
carrying the song. I’m still tired but it’s not the album’s fault one bit. There
are all kinds of bleep bloop noises happening and it’s really to their credit
that I’m enjoying them instead of being annoyed.
Blood Under My Belt
This song is a little muddier. Not grabbing me right away.
This may be past the point of pouty that I’m willing to tolerate and this is a
pretty pouty band to begin with. I guess it’s fine. Not that good though. Did
he say he’s scared of the child that lives in him? Outside of that line I think
a breakup/love song robot could have written this by calculating the average occurrence
of certain words in this kind of song. I guess it’s fine. Everything is fine.
Heart Basel
Those synthesizer sounds make me smile. Plus he just talked
about the ocean and that’s how The Drums won me over to begin with. Back to the
“oohs” I love so much. Every live review I write can be boiled down to “that
annoying sound is annoying, that annoying sound is enjoyable, obscure musical
reference, I like when they say “ooh”. Review over.
“I question your love for me, ‘cause baby – you don’t make
sense”
Song is fun. Everything is fun.
Shoot The Sun Down
Too noisy
Head Of The Horse
NO! NO FUZZY PHONE CONVERSATION EXCERPTS OR ANSWERING
MACHINE MESSAGES! BAD THE DRUMS! BAD! Otherwise the vocal/guitar intro is nice
and this has a different drum beat and talks about hugs a lot. I’ll excuse the
phone recording transgression for the sake of variety.
Under The Ice
I’m finding that I like the songs that don’t follow the
strict The Drums formula better than those that do on this album. This one
follows the formula. It’s not a bad formula, but I’m ready to move from formula
to whole milk or at least a mix of the two. So far this album has done a pretty
good job of helping my musical toddler ears grow at an acceptable rate. They’re
in the 65% percentile.
Are U Fucked
WHOA, THE DRUMS! LANGUAGE! Breathy intro with tapping…this
is another anti-The Drums song by The Drums. I was really digging it but the
chorus is…needlessly crass? I’m really not a prude but the profanity just doesn’t
fit here at all. I think I see what they’re trying to do but it comes off as
immature.
Your Tenderness
This is a pretty good mix of sounds from both ends of the
spectrum from the album so far. I don’t love the slightly-flat watery sound
though. I was perking up but I’m tired again so I’m blaming the farting frog.
Talk about immature.
Song is farting. Everything is farting.
I hate that sax outro so much.
Rich Kids
The song sounded fine but this is another trite and
intellectually immature song lyrically. Didn’t the “let me complain about rich
kids explicitly” thing die with all the 80s hardcore bands? Too bad it annoys
me so much because I like the strange windy bouncing synthesizer that kicks in
halfway through.
If All We Share
(Means Nothing)
Ah, the sounds of playing children. He climbed a mountain.
So he could see you coming. He also dug a river. So you could sink in it? The
best way to make someone fall in love with you is to trap and then murder them.
I actually like this song a lot, even the farting duck. So many gassy animals
on this album.
Abysmal Thoughts
That’s an Old The Drums intro with the crunchy reverb guitar
AND I LOVE IT. What a great way to start the final song. Some almost-acapella
stuff, interplay between the synthesizer, guitar, and voices…This song really
has it all. Nice job, The Drums.
Final score: Four
enthusiastic but not overly-smelly animal farts out of five. One point off for
needing to GROW UP, THE DRUMS.
Download links:
Waterfowlgas.com
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