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

Yeah I hadn't listened to the TFS in a minute, man this is a great record

thanks for the ISS rec, i like it.

somebody posted this on a youtube video of the album audio:

The singer sounds like the dregs of a pouch of champion ruby found next to yesterday's coopers on the porch. It's wonderful.

does anybody knows what this means

refers to wine and expired cigarettes?

I have no idea but it sounds like a Gareth lyric so it fits

speaking of which, everyone also needs to hear Gareth's strange Tourist, his take on a solo folk record. endless songs full of bleak character studies. great winter album

Coopers is beer, Champion ruby is roll your own tobacco

ah, thanks

as much as this is a vocal/lyric band, "Shellfish Toxin" is a really amazing instrumental, almost reminds me of a post punk Robert Wyatt or something

I still am not 100% on Gareth's vocals (never listened to the Drones) but def the second half of "Soft Power" => "Shellfish Toxin" is where I went from thinking this was 'ok + knockout opening track' to being fully on board with the vibe of this album, just nailing down the Dystopian Now like a coffin lid

The "slime green" LP I picked up is gloriously garish in all respects. Was surprised to find that the artwork was done by a Montreal artist who passed a few years back.

http://www.patrickmikhailgallery.com/exhibitions/joe-becker-

Euro tour for TFS confirmed, whoop.

New TFS LP coming out later this year. Here's a video appetizer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2xOxmHTYMg

Just coming to post that. Really pleased that TFS wasn't a one-off. Best band going for my money.

sweet

it's amazing how much they're able to do on top of the constant bassline

Songs that fool you about where the downbeat is.

I quite like that ephemeral guitar solo as well.

It's a bit like jazz in that respect, where the rhythm section maintains sanity and everything else goes nuts.

the unabashedly atonal guitar work is a considerable part of the fun, yes

kind of a sleaford mods vibe to this one

It’s limited to 500 copies on orange vinyl and the b-side is a cover of Missy Elliott’s “Can’t Stop.”

on one hand, them covering a Rich Harrison production does kinda make sense and it's a deep cut, but....kinda trepidatious about this one lol

this is fantastic, excited there's a new album on the way already. love when the intensity really ramps up from the guitar solo onwards

I like this super zoned out session from October

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvihhF-U35Y

Hobart 22 March 2019
https://i.imgur.com/CoARMax.jpg?1

ahhh I bet their "Baby²" ruled

Yeah it went off, it was a very sweaty room afterward. Finished up, downed tools, no encore. Not in a shitty way, they just did what they came to do, done.
Insanely tight band, and I love Erica's lead playing, partly fluid and mad, partly munted and primitive. I got Afrobeat feels from some of the songs. "Rubber Bullies" was like a raw nerve, total command of dynamics and batshit crescendoes.

as much as this is a vocal/lyric band, "Shellfish Toxin" is a really amazing instrumental, almost reminds me of a post punk Robert Wyatt or something

― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, December 18, 2018 11:42 AM (four months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Haha this just came up on my shuffle and for a minute so I thought it was Roedelius or something

lmao

https://youtu.be/lwlQr2NlEY0

also, tour dates:

08/28/2019 – Los Angeles, CA / Bootleg Theater
08/29/2019 – San Francisco, CA / Bottom Of The Hill
08/30/2019 – Arcata, CA / Richards’ Goat Tavern & Tea Room
08/31/2019 – Portland, OR / Mississippi Studios
09/01/2019 – Vancouver, BC / Static Jupiter
09/03/2019 – Seattle, WA / Barboza
09/06/2019 – Washington, DC / Comet Ping Pong
09/07/2019 – Raleigh, NC / Hopscotch Music Festival
09/08/2019 – Atlanta, GA / The Earl
09/10/2019 – Austin, TX / Hotel Vegas
09/11/2019 – Dallas, TX / Three Links
09/13/2019 – St. Louis, MO / Blueberry Hill Duck Room
09/14/2019 – Chicago, IL / The Empty Bottle
09/15/2019 – Cleveland, OH / Now That’s Class
09/17/2019 – Toronto, ON / The Baby G
09/18/2019 – Montréal, QC / Bar Le ‘Ritz’ P.D.B.
09/19/2019 – Allston, MA / Great Scott
09/20/2019 – Brooklyn, NY / Elsewhere

New single is out, the A-side is as good as anything they've done and the flip is a fun odd cover.

I am totally there at the Boston gig in Sep, quite excited!

for added fun, pull up the original lyrics to "Can't Stop" while listening to see what they (wisely) changed

really want to travel to chicago to see the show

wish i could see them live

oh wait, i am, on wednesday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21bEUXmM2OM

another great single and new album Braindrops is out August 23

tracklist:
Paradise
The Planet of Straw Men
Who's My Eugene?
The Happiest Guy Around
Maria 62
Braindrops
Aspirin
Desert Sands of Venus
Maria 63

the appropriately nightmarish cover art is on apple music

I like "Paradise" but it feels like a step back into Dronesland, hoping they push the synths + drum machines further along as well (as indicated by "Happiest Guy Around")

despite the incredible recent live show my expectations for this record aren't so high based on the three songs i've now heard, but hopefully there will be some bangers

i don't see any reason to be worried, "Patience" is more trad-Drones for sure but it still feels like a step above a lot of Drones songs in that vein in the way it builds and dissolves into noise, it's more like a longer "You Let My Tyres Down" really. "The Planet of Straw Men" was excellent too

it would be cool if there was a track where Gareth wasn't on lead vox this time around

(nothing against Gareth, it's just they could use their own "Work For Me" style showstopper)

anything more in the vein of the stayin' alive cover would be extremely welcome and is what i want from them more than anything else

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88do5cmxHsI

Simon gets his wish but this one kinda drags until the bridge which manages to redeem it

slinky!

this is def more the direction I wanna hear them go. Now very curious about the back half of the new record, the first four tracks are just as all over the place as the first record was.

Goddamn I am in love with that guitar and bass sound!

album is out there a lil early

Title track an obvious highlight, a funkier sequel to "Rubber Bullies"

"Paradise" remains a baffling, plodding opener/single and the album would be better off with it lopped off

There's potential in the slower numbers but the songwriting is no longer on point throughout. I like 'Paradise', though.

yeah feels like it could have used a little more time in the oven (what was the rush?). "Maria 63" is gorgeous, tho

Yeah, 'Maria 63' is the album highlight for me.

yeah but it still goes on a tiny bit too long

album is *nowhere near* as good as the last one, they should have really taken longer

Paradise is by far my favourite track off the new one.

"Who's My Eugene" has really grown on me, I think it's one of their best songs tbh