The Drums - LA Debut Review

The surf pop sound that is The Drums finally made their way to a more appropriate coast for their LA debut and sole performance last night before a packed FREE show for their 10pm Spaceland appointment that carried a line down to Silver Lake Blvd's 7-11. The pretty boys from NY were rounded out by a nice back up female vocal harmonic duo and most certainly lived up to their hype with catchy melodic, 80's new wave synth-pop and a thumping drum for their namesake. Was digging the stilo of singer Jonathan Pierce (splitting image of Johnny from Karate Kid) and his voice which was reminiscnet of Echo and the Bunnymen's Ian McCoullough at times but when he'd speak between songs it sounded like he had a british accent. Maybe he's just getting ready for the tail end of their tour, which will be in the UK after this Thursday's show at UCSB. Below is a live video i took from last night's peformance of "Let's Go Surfing", which would even get me in the sea this fall.



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The Drums Dip into the West Coast

In case you haven't heard about the buzz behind NY's The Drums, their music will stick to you like glue. They have only formed for about a year and have amassed a huge fan base across the pond in the UK and now are hitting up the best coast for the first time ever. Let's give them a warm welcome as they give us a few chances to check them out starting tonight in SF as well as a FREEBIE monday night at Spaceland for the Happy Hollows residency with Evan Way (Parson Redheads) and Random Patterns . Here is a nice and simple video to "Let's Go Surfing", one of The Drums many standout tracks on a stellar premiere Summertime EP. Head over to RCRDLBL for a FREE exclusive download of the "Let's Go Surfing" - Digital single with remixes.