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JONNY PIERCE/THE DRUMS Share 4th Track From New Upcoming LP – Here’s The Optimistic Pop Tune ‘OBVIOUS’

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New striking strokes

9 June 2023


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Back in 2008 NYC-based indie pop act THE DRUMS started as a proper band
founded by its orchestrator Jonny Pierce. Together they canned/released
3 notable albums.

In 2017 Pierce decided to go his own way and fabricated 2 longplayers
as The Drums & Jonny Pierce since then. Now, 6 years after the last one
he’s back and ready for a new LP, no details so far.

On the other hand, he just shared the 4th taster,
named OBVIOUS, off the new upcoming full-length.

Pierce: “Unwavering love has shown itself to be stronger than any of my fears and self-protections. “Obvious” is a joyous song about that transformative moment, of finally lifting
up my head, opening my eyes, and finding steadfast love surrounding me from all angles.
It’s about the realization that I’ve been loved all along, but I am just now feeling safe enough
to let myself see it.”

Vintage The Drums. Featherlight, frolicsome and dancy.


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JONNY PIERCE And THE DRUMS Back In Town With Indie Pop Gem ‘I WANT IT ALL’

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New striking strokes

4 April 2023

Back in 2008 NYC-based indie pop act THE DRUMS started as a proper band
founded by its orchestrator Jonny Pierce. Together they canned/released
3 notable albums.

In 2017 Pierce decided to go his own way and fabricated 2 longplayers
as The Drums & Jonny Pierce since then. Now, 6 years after the last one
he’s back with new music. A track called I WANT IT ALL (no news about
a new LP).

Pierce: “The song emerged from the longing and the pain that stemmed from
a loveless childhood. It is only in the past few years that I have really begun to
understand what happened to me as a boy, which has helped me start to build
my own bridge towards real love. The song is a declaration – that I will take what
I was never given. I want the full experience of being human, which includes love
and connection. I want it all.”

I Want It All is a sweeping pop nugget, full of vivacity with
an energetic chorus. Pierce is back in swinging style.

Listen here.

THE DRUMS Just Dropped New Tender Single ‘I DIDN’T REALIZE’…

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New sonic impulses…

15 October 2019

After releasing fifth LP Brutalism last April and reissuing their very first EP Summertime as it turned 10 this year Jonny Pierce and his band THE DRUMS just dropped, out of the blue, a new intimate and warmhearted reverie (actually already written in 2012) called
‘I DIDN’T REALIZE‘. Capture the tenderness right here…


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The B-side You Lied is gripping as well..


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THE DRUMS Return With New Reflective Yet Upbeat Single ‘BODY CHEMISTRY’…

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Brand new sonic impulses…

Jonny Pierce‘s band THE DRUMS just announced their fifth longplayer BRUTALISM, out
5th April. Here’s the first single BODY CHEMISTRY. A song inspired by Pierce dealing with increasing depression. “I still found myself weighed down with anxiety and depression. This song asks the question: Is this dull, sad feeling in my DNA? Is it part of my gene pool? Can it ever be corrected? I had been confronting some of my most stubborn demons, and I came to realise that confronting doesn’t always mean conquering.”

Despite the downcast and troubled story the track has an upbeat vivacity caused by lively guitar lines and its overall poppy infectiousness. Check ‘Body Chemistry‘ out right here…

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THE DRUMS Share Bouncy And Reflective Track ‘HEART BASEL’ From New Album…

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Fresh sonic impulses for your ears…

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‘Heart Basel’ by THE DRUMS

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THE DRUMS, the 21st century indie Beach Boys out of New York City release new album ‘Abysmal Thoughts‘ on 16 June. All the songs are written and recorded solely by frontman Jonny Pierce. After sharing lead single ‘Blood Under My Belt‘ here’s another new track.

HEART BASEL sounds joyful but the song actually deals with a painful period in Pierce‘s
life: “I went through the most significant breakup of my life during the making of “Abysmal Thoughts.” During that vulnerable period, I attached myself to this guy who did not care at all for my feelings, but was good at pretending that he did. In retrospect, I think I knew deep down that he didn’t give a shit about me. But I continued to let him treat me like garbage because I thought if I had this handsome guy with me that somehow I wasn’t doing too bad. Of course now — with some professional help — I see that I was just lacking self-love and while it’s unhealthy to stay in that headspace for very long, it does make for good songwriting. “Heart Basel” is a song about him treating me “kindly” at Art Basel in Miami and then treating me
like garbage after he got what he needed. You live and you sometimes learn.”

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