The Drones - any good (also Tropical Fuck Storm content here)

the whole album is superlative

opening track reminds me of what wilco were trying to do with 'art of almost' a bit, except this is even better

also his lyrics have the fiery desperate quality of matt johnson's

How's the rest of their catalog? This thread gives me the sense that it's inconsistent.

I wouldn't say that. It's all pretty solid, it's just that the new one is definitely their best. The first five are consistent, perhaps to a fault, with Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005) considered a highlight. I See Seaweed (2013) is also somewhat of a departure with a more subtle, cinematic approach. I liked it, but not blown away the same way as by the new one.

Do you have them all? How about a best-of playlist?

I did re-listen to all of them leading up to the new release, but not to the point where I can rank very many tracks. This site can be helpful though: https://www.thisismyjam.com/artist/The+Drones

they're all good. band are very much slept on. Gareth's solo record was great too.

yeah it's amazing, I'd love a vinyl copy but that sucker is never getting released outside australia I guess and fuck paying that shipping

Vinyl out on Fri, you can get it free shipping on Amazon, at least in U.S. It's still expensive though.

Bought the CD, having a lyric booklet helps.

This gets better with every listen. I checked out their earlier work, like it fine, some great moments, but this is on an altogether new level.

I feel like this record, along with Bowie's "Blackstar", points where I want to go. Not that they're directly comparable but they're both works of artists taking risks, willfully experimenting, full of unexpected sounds, juxtapositions and rhythms. I mean, just the way the drums build and suddenly stop in "Taman Shud" thrills me.

Cheers for bigging it up, F&B!

Only listened to the new briefly last night, I think I liked it, but it was in such a way I really want to listen to it again cuz I have a feeling I'm going love it.

I think I See Seaweed is one of the greatest/most underrated records ever

Private Execution is still astonishing

"Taman Shud" is fantastic; makes me think of a foul-mouthed Aussie update of Blam Blam Blam's "There Is No Depression In New Zealand". Love how he pronounces 'inchoate'.

"Feelin Kinda Free" is a timely expression of all the anger I feel at the state of the world.

Just listened to I Sea Seaweed - pretty damn good as well

yeah this band is fantastic
def tread that line of being really nick cave influenced but having their own identity

Agreed re: "I See Seaweed" - not as manic as FKF but equally as intense. I wonder where they'll go next, retreat to a more stable approach or continue on the avant-garde journey.

I See Seaweed is secretly one of the best rock records ever

I'm not sure they've ever come up with a front-to-back, total classic but ISS def comes closest

now I'm curious as to why the hell Havilah isn't on Spotify

Any word on a new album? I can't wait to hear what's next!

Gareth and Fiona have a new project called Tropical Fuck Storm, album's out in May

http://www.beat.com.au/music/meet-tropical-fuck-storm-supergroup-featuring-members-drones-high-tension-harmony

Oh Simon, you just made my night! This is more of the messed up weirdness I love about them, outstanding.

the advance singles are promising! 'soft power' especially. no idea why there are so many dislikes on the youtube videos - is it a thing they encourage?

presumably from people who got there via googling for.......other things

given the political leanings of the group, one wonders whether they've tangled once too often with the fearful power of the online alt-right

the drones have loads and loads of dislikes on quite a few of their videos too

i think it's because they insulted prominent Australian conservative columnist Andrew Bolt in one of their songs, who responded with a tirade against them on his blog

Ahhhhh.

so yeah exactly as surmised

'fearful' a malapropism I'd like to claim as deliberate

These new songs are properly great, I'm so hyped

Right? Instruments come in and out, but not in a dub-style. It's like they broke apart a song and put it back together as best they could but lost a bunch of pieces. And the unhinged vocals are icing on the cake.

There's also this: https://kompakt.fm/releases/boredom_remixes (had to double check as I first read Boredoms remixes! :)

I'd like to hype his album again

All of the advance singles are amazing. You Let My Tyres Down is one of the best songs to be released this year

Hype! Oh and I See Seaweed is incredible too

This album, not his album! It's three times as much her album as his :)

Is the 4th single out yet?

yes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fhOUfxIvgY

amusingly straight-up (if noisy) cover of "Stayin' Alive" on the flipside

Excellent, just bought it from Amazon! And that cover isn't too straight, lots of weirdness in the background. I dig it.

Cannot wait for the album, I expect it'll be one of my favorite releases of the year.

https://noisey.vice.com/en_au/article/xw7bbk/tropical-fuck-storm-album-stream-premiere-interview-gareth-liddiard-2018

here ya go fuckers

thanks, fucker, I enjoyed that

this fucking slaps!

"You Let My Tyres Down" is a fine opener but it makes you expect a Drones album and this....is not that, holy shit

very great, weird rock album. the switch to quieter music for the last 3.5 songs is extremely unsettling

the third song and "Rubber Bullies" are the standouts for me, it's wild that they've only been a unit for like 8 months

this is really really good. all of Gareth's stuff across the board is criminally underrated pretty much anywhere that isn't Australia

I Sea Seaweed is probably going to be resurrected as a modern classic tbh, at least if I and the RYM massive have anything to do with it

This is almost as good. I think the singles are largely the best tracks but the others are no slouches

I also think this is a grower album

yeah I am going to keep hyping this

very excited to stick "The Future of History" on my running playlist