“Down By The Water” is the most balladic, down tempo moment on the Drums’ self-titled debut. (Because as “It Will All End In Tears,” the track that follows it, suggests, water’s not always about sun and surfing). I’m not entirely sure how Jonathan Pierce robot dances to this one, but you’ll see firsthand on their co-headlining tour with similarly sandy Surfer Blood. (And note: The above press photo was taken by one Alex Lake, because everything these guys do is somehow associated with H2O.)
The Drums is out via Moshi Moshi/Island. That tour with Surfer Blood:
09/11 – Providence, RI @ Jerky’s Live Music Hall %
09/12 – Washington, DC @ The 9:30 Club %
09/13 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 %
09/15 – Atlanta, GA @ The Loft %
09/17 – Orlando, FL @ Social %
09/18 – Miami, FL @ Grand Central %
09/19 – Tampa, FL @ State Theatre %
09/20 – Gainesville, FL @ Common Ground Coffeehouse %
09/21 – Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder %
09/23 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s #
09/24 – Dallas, TX @ The Loft #
09/25 – Austin, TX @ ND #
09/27 – Phoenix, AZ @ Clubhouse %
09/28 – Pomona, CA @ Glass House %
09/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Music Box %
10/01 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent #
10/03 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom %
10/04 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos #
10/05 – Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret %
10/07 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux %
10/08 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge %
10/10 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater %
10/13 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Varsity Theater %
10/14 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall %
10/16 – Toronto, ON @ Mod Club #
10/17 – Montreal, QB @ Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour Rire #
10/18 – Boston, MA @ Paradise #
10/20 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall %
10/22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Making Time %
% w/ Surfer Blood
# The Drums only
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How about you guys hype up some GOOD music for a change? Is it just me or are music publications either writing about giant, terrible pop stars like Drake that are supposed to have talent or incredibly obscure, mediocre indie bands that won’t matter in 5 years like this band? How about you people start writing about an EXCELLENT band known as Electric Six, the Detroit rockers that have been busting their asses making great, fun disco rock for over a decade. They have a new album coming out called Zodiac, look into it because it will be better than ANYTHING you write about on this site.
Electric Six is awful thats why
@codyt3212 right right, gay bar and all that etc.
what I don’t get is why stereogum is mentioning a song thats been out for like a year now. Sure this was a standout track, ON THEIR DEBUT EP
I thought this was the worst song on the album, and I really think Surfer Blood is overrated. Can’t say a show with these two would be worth any sort of a commute, but had I lived in one of the cities that they were playing in I would go.
scandaloustouch, i REALLY disagree with you but I can’t get mad because you have Heidecker as your avatar, and that man is a comedic God. Electric Six isn’t awful though…people just don’t look beyond their two singles. If you took the time to listen to their serious, WITTY songs that they now release you’d understand why they’re great.