Album Review: The Drums — consequenceofsound.net

To love The Drums is to love contradictions. They sing morose lyrics over bouncing, shimmering, reverb-heavy guitar notes; they describe themselves as “losers,” but they’re far too skilled at their moody, muscled guitar pop for that label to stick. In the past, they’ve drawn (accurate) comparisons to ’80s alternative rock and indie pop giants like The Smiths and New Order, and they haven’t strayed too far away from those influences on their newest effort, Encyclopedia. Lest people accuse them of becoming too comfortable, though, they’ve turned everything up to 11 this time around, just in case anyone, anywhere, couldn’t hear them.

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