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New The War on Drugs album and single
Posted on 7/19/21 at 11:14 am
Posted on 7/19/21 at 11:14 am
New album, I Don’t Live Here Anymore, will be released on October 29.
First single, Living Proof, is out now.
stereogum
First single, Living Proof, is out now.
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Posted on 7/19/21 at 7:45 pm to The Seaward
odd choice for a single. kind of boring.
Posted on 7/19/21 at 7:50 pm to rebelrouser
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odd choice for a single. kind of boring.
It was definitely slower than I expected for a lead single. It wasn’t a Red Eyes or Holding On.
Steven Hyden (prominent music critic and big WoD fan) tweeted the below today though, so sounds like the album should be pretty great.
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I was fortunate to get an early preview and for now I'll just say it's already by far the 2021 record I've played the most. Absolutely laden with bangers.
Posted on 7/19/21 at 8:08 pm to rebelrouser
quote:I agree. I think it’s simply a teaser. Reminds me of their early albums (Wagon Wheel Blues) where he sounded just like Bob Dylan.
odd choice for a single. kind of boring.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:32 pm to tigeroarz1
Well, the first song released for a deeper understanding was an 11 minute slow burner (thinking of a place) so I don’t think WOD is too worried about traditional practices or how slow their first single release is.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:25 pm to The Seaward
One of the best bands the past 15 years IMHO
Posted on 9/15/21 at 4:06 pm to JumpingTheShark
New song alert. This one is much better than the first one they put out. Looking forward to the rest of the album next month.
The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore (feat. Lucius) [Official Music Video]
The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore (feat. Lucius) [Official Music Video]
Posted on 9/15/21 at 4:22 pm to TTB
I’ve decided to avoid the singles from here on out. With A Deeper Understanding, they released five songs beforehand and I lapped them up, but I think it ultimately hampered my enjoyment of listening to the album since I was already so familiar with half of it.
But glad to hear it is a good track.
But glad to hear it is a good track.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 11:18 pm to The Seaward
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With A Deeper Understanding, they released five songs beforehand and I lapped them up, but I think it ultimately hampered my enjoyment of listening to the album
no doubt about this
Posted on 9/17/21 at 5:43 am to TTB
This is a great track. Can’t wait to hear the rest of this album. TWOD is one of the best bands out there right now.
Posted on 10/27/21 at 11:56 am to Burlee
Just two more days. I’m still avoiding the singles, but this review has pretty hyped about the album.
Stereogum review
Stereogum review
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I Don’t Live Here Anymore is essentially the exact album I hoped Granduciel would make after the last two. Much has already been made of the idea that, after years of Granduciel dubiously trying to refute his perfectionist reputation even as he released albums as meticulous as A Deeper Understanding, I Don’t Live Here Anymore is a looser record. It is, in some ways — raw and fleeter of foot compared to its predecessor. But Granduciel still crams a ton of ideas into these songs, it’s just that he’s streamlined and compacted it all. The result is Drugs music that is synthier, brighter, punchier. It feels like a marriage of the earlier albums’ ranginess and the later albums’ impeccable atmospheres, a summation and a new chapter all at once.
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As a result, pretty much everything on this album hits — and, save the title track, I Don’t Live Here Anymore’s pre-release singles have done little to prepare you for it. As soon as the prologue of “Living Proof” concludes, I Don’t Live Here Anymore fires off into the sky.
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At this point, the War On Drugs have not made a bad album. You could probably find fans who would argue for each and every one of them as their favorite: some contrarian out there preferring the washed-out rough draft of Wagonwheel Blues, those in thrall of Slave Ambient’s kaleidoscopic loops, everyone who got onboard with the watercolor and grain of Lost In The Dream, those who saw A Deeper Understanding as a peak and culmination. I will tell you where I’m at: I often held that soft spot for Slave Ambient, but Lost In The Dream became an incredibly important album to me. I respected A Deeper Understanding and mostly regarded it as Granduciel’s best work front to back, even if I couldn’t find a way to engage with it on the same level myself. I’ve been a fan of this band a long time, and they have made some of my favorite new music of my lifetime. And from where I’m standing right now, having carried I Don’t Live Here Anymore with me — for months, across I don’t know how many states and thousands of miles on the road — it sounds like their best album to me.
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