Their new album is out tomorrow. I'm really confident that it's going to be brilliant.
http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/6202/The-War-On-Drugs-Lost-In-The-Dream.aspx
Some great reviews across a whole host of different publications and online sources.
I remember seeing their gig at the Concorde 2 held up as the singer got an electric shock.
I'm sort of looking forward to it. Their last album (was it their first?) sounded quite Kurt Vile to me. The latest single sounded pleasant, but didn't knock me for six. However, I am very bad at appreciating great music on a first or second listen - I'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised...
Slave Ambient was their second. Their first is their best IMHO - Wagonwheel Blues. It featured none other than Kurt Vile (who was one of the founders of the band.)
I was expecting a lot heavier as they are compared with Sonic Youth..
Glad I caught them at The Haunt now, they won't be playing those sized venues for a while I shouldn't think.
What a track An Ocean In Between the Waves is - standout one so far for me, but only listened to it twice.
Really? Where? There is absolutely nothing about WOD that would make me think Sonic Youth. There's an occasional hazy, woozy, shoegaze tint to the guitar that you could extremely lazily compare to Loveless era MBV but not Sonic Youth.
Very good album by the way, though I prefer them when they are a bit more direct rather than jamming (similar to last year's Kurt Vile album.) Glad I caught them at The Haunt now, they won't be playing those sized venues for a while I shouldn't think.