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
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 15:53 (eight years ago) link
they're all good. band are very much slept on. Gareth's solo record was great too.
― jamiesummerz, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 16:38 (eight years ago) link
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
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 23:22 (eight years ago) link
Vinyl out on Fri, you can get it free shipping on Amazon, at least in U.S. It's still expensive though.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 23:29 (eight years ago) link
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!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 28 March 2016 18:52 (eight years ago) link
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
― chr1sb3singer, Wednesday, 6 April 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link
Private Execution is still astonishing
― imago, Sunday, 28 May 2017 12:56 (six years ago) link
"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'.
― etc, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 02:24 (six years ago) link
"Feelin Kinda Free" is a timely expression of all the anger I feel at the state of the world.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 02:28 (six years ago) link
Just listened to I Sea Seaweed - pretty damn good as well
― imago, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
yeah this band is fantasticdef tread that line of being really nick cave influenced but having their own identity
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:31 (six years ago) link
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.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
I See Seaweed is secretly one of the best rock records ever
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
I'm not sure they've ever come up with a front-to-back, total classic but ISS def comes closest
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
now I'm curious as to why the hell Havilah isn't on Spotify
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 17:58 (six years ago) link
Any word on a new album? I can't wait to hear what's next!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 19 March 2018 01:15 (six years ago) link
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
― Simon H., Monday, 19 March 2018 01:21 (six years ago) link
Oh Simon, you just made my night! This is more of the messed up weirdness I love about them, outstanding.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 19 March 2018 02:07 (six years ago) link
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?
― imago, Monday, 19 March 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
presumably from people who got there via googling for.......other things
― Simon H., Monday, 19 March 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link
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
― imago, Monday, 19 March 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link
the drones have loads and loads of dislikes on quite a few of their videos too
― imago, Monday, 19 March 2018 14:35 (six years ago) link
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
― ufo, Monday, 19 March 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
Ahhhhh.
― Simon H., Monday, 19 March 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
so yeah exactly as surmised
― imago, Monday, 19 March 2018 15:03 (six years ago) link
'fearful' a malapropism I'd like to claim as deliberate
― imago, Monday, 19 March 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link
These new songs are properly great, I'm so hyped
― imago, Monday, 19 March 2018 21:50 (six years ago) link
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.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 19 March 2018 22:21 (six years ago) link
There's also this: https://kompakt.fm/releases/boredom_remixes (had to double check as I first read Boredoms remixes! :)
― willem, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
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
― imago, Friday, 13 April 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
This album, not his album! It's three times as much her album as his :)
― imago, Friday, 13 April 2018 21:04 (five years ago) link
Is the 4th single out yet?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 13 April 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
yes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fhOUfxIvgY
― imago, Friday, 13 April 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
amusingly straight-up (if noisy) cover of "Stayin' Alive" on the flipside
― Simon H., Saturday, 14 April 2018 02:16 (five years ago) link
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.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 14 April 2018 03:30 (five years ago) link
https://noisey.vice.com/en_au/article/xw7bbk/tropical-fuck-storm-album-stream-premiere-interview-gareth-liddiard-2018
here ya go fuckers
― imago, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
thanks, fucker, I enjoyed that
― chilis=lyrics...hypocrits (sic), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 23:12 (five years ago) link
this fucking slaps!
― Simon H., Thursday, 3 May 2018 01:58 (five years ago) link
"You Let My Tyres Down" is a fine opener but it makes you expect a Drones album and this....is not that, holy shit
― Simon H., Thursday, 3 May 2018 02:04 (five years ago) link
very great, weird rock album. the switch to quieter music for the last 3.5 songs is extremely unsettling
― imago, Thursday, 3 May 2018 10:45 (five years ago) link
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
― Simon H., Thursday, 3 May 2018 12:10 (five years ago) link
this is really really good. all of Gareth's stuff across the board is criminally underrated pretty much anywhere that isn't Australia
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 3 May 2018 12:37 (five years ago) link
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
― imago, Thursday, 3 May 2018 13:35 (five years ago) link
I also think this is a grower album
― imago, Thursday, 3 May 2018 15:14 (five years ago) link
yeah I am going to keep hyping this
― imago, Friday, 4 May 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
very excited to stick "The Future of History" on my running playlist
― Simon H., Friday, 4 May 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
This is nigh-on album of the year. Bumping it again because people keep bumping the fucking Parquet Courts thread
― imago, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
this is great, love(d) the drones
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
This is nigh-on album of the year.
Yep, I'm with you here. A great blend of weird guitars, propulsive beats, political lyrics, righteous anger, and male/female vocals. It pisses on generic indie rock from a great height.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 7 May 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
kinda assuming there is some interpersonal stuff or musical difference in terms of this being tropical fuck storm and not the dronesin that this is great but i could def see this being a drones record, even if it's a bit more expansive in some ways
almost like a mclusky > future of the left thing
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link