Imagine my dismay, dear readers, when I did a search on this very site and noticed that we appear to not yet be on that War On Drugs hype. Although I grant it possible we got to ‘em on the old site, but my paygrade doesn’t finance that level of research…
Anyways, War On Drugs, got together in 2005 in Philly, their latest album Slave Ambient is one of my favorite albums of last year, and the last several even. (Although I’ll be the first to admit I’m a little behind the times musically these days) These guys have an A+ sound. Textbook example of how you update and pay tribute to a classic sound while still moving music forward. You’ve got the classic rock songwriting and vocals (I hear a ton of Tom Petty) but with these gorgeous, spacey, almost ambient (Hey! Title allusion!) soundscapes in the background weaving in perfectly with the more traditional song in the foreground.
So yeah, pretty cool I guess.
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I have to give props to any band repping the Dead, even if it is “Touch of Grey”…
