The Drums - Summertime
The Drums haven’t made much attempt to avoid cliché with their debut EP Summertime which has been released this year on Island Records. They seem to have ticked all the cool-crowd boxes for NME who have admitted their embarrassment for everyone else trying to make music in a world with the Drums in it. So added to the fact that the BBC have dropped their name into their not-so cutting edge musical menu, the Brooklyn quartet might be fighting over their street-cred as well as their Smiths T-shirts.
They are however, undoubtedly catchy and its easy to be drawn in by the mix of stylish 80’s melody in ‘Best Friend’ and youthful summertime euphoria of ‘Lets Go Surfing’. Not many bands before have reflected their influences as much as general new-romantic obsession and The Cure infatuation shines through on the melodic ‘I Felt Stupid’.
Their full self-titled album is due for release in early June, just in time for the festival season and trendy kids’ BBQs.
1 comment:
So much for them being one of the "Sound of 2010", they've not set the world on fire have they? I agree with you, there's better out there.
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