It's easy enough to locate The Drums key influences. Jacob hardly keeps his Eighties indie-pop anoraking a secret, and Jonny's Phil Spector obsession is hard to miss. Whilst the Fifties bubblegum and Eighties synth-punk are virtually worn like badges of honour.
What's trickier to decipher is exactly why they sound so Now. Is it the use of loops and samples? Is it the post-modern patchwork of reference points? Or is it just the fact that The Drums have tapped into a spirit that never gets old. That place where happy meets sad and dark meets light, and every life-changing memory that's stored in your head comes flooding back all at once and all you can do is just turn the music up louder.
The Drums - Money (Beat Connection Remix) | Download
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