The Drums – The Drums

Oh wow! Its another shit band from Brooklyn I’m supposed to think are brilliant. When I read a review that states a band are from Brooklyn, New York (which is a veiled statement/threat meaning the band is immediately cooler than you could ever be) my eyes glaze over. Having looked around the Internet to find out about this band, I am met with every Brooklyn based reviewers, Brooklyn based thoughts, on Brooklyn based band The Drums.

My New York rage is simply defined, and I of course blame Sonic Youth entirely. How much longer will all bands, musician’s and artists from New York ride on their “getting on a bit’ coat tails?

I’m going to put it out there.

I think we should start a revolution against Sonic Youth. Burn effigies of that ‘Lanky Moore’. Create a cheap and nasty blow up sex doll of Kim Gordon and accidently on purpose insert razor blades into her  (snip – Ed.). The possibilities are endless, however you must understand that I have nothing against Sonic Youth per sae, but they have created a Brooklyn based monster and this non-Brooklyn based reviewer is going to have to go to Brooklyn to slay it.

Back to Brooklyn based band The Drums though. This album is cack. Its so cack it was probably found in the left over slag mined from Cack Canyon on Uranus. In fact if reviews started with Cack Canyon based band The Drums, I think we would understand the record far quicker and far better and all without the need of listening to it.

Its not remotely inventive or original, just another take on new wave. What are we up to now? New wave of new wave of new wave of new wave?

I give this album a cup of the balls, a tug of the beard and a whisper in the ear to fuck off, though all in Brooklyn of course, it’ll be cooler.