![]() ![]() These may seem like strange bedfellows to some, but if an Animal Collective weaned on a steady diet of The Boss and The Band sounds appealing, then congratulations, because you just may have stumbled across your new favourite band.Ĭynics will argue that The War on Drugs are just another case of career-minded east coast boys adding a bit of exotic window dressing to otherwise bog-standard 21st Century indie. ![]() They do it by fusing the traditional Americana of Springsteen and Dylan with the experimental drones and tics favoured by the Sonic Youths and My Bloody Valentines of the world. A five-piece from Philadelphia who originally bonded over a shared love of Dylan, their debut LP, Wagonwheel Blues, does what so few bands seem capable of accomplishing by expressing a love of classic rock without ever once falling into the trap of boorish traditionalism. There’s something so wonderfully familiar to The War On Drugs’ music that it almost fails to register on first impression. ![]()
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