![]() ![]() You could easily guess that from listening to their albums, and as I say, I think they succeed at bottling the essence of those eighties rock moments without being too referential, or winking at the audience in the way a band like The Darkness maybe did. ![]() War on Drugs songs tend to start in very familiar places, but they’ll generally chart new territory in their chorus, and sometimes turn these pop-rock offerings into 6-minute-plus psych jams.įrontman Adam Granduciel has made no secret of the influences here: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Dire Straits. If you’re a similar age to me, ‘Harmonia’s Dream’ might remind you of Bryan Adam’s ‘Summer of Sixty Nine’ as well. ![]() Their new, fifth album is the first that’s really grabbed me, largely because they do those MOR dad rock moments so well, and without a hint of irony. I mention this because it’s how a lot of people react to this band, myself included. On Twitter Luke Buda of The Phoenix Foundation described them as “MOR dad rock dressed as hipster”, and while he went on to clarify he didn’t mean any disrespect, he said he was a bit mystified by the hype. I’ve noticed a debate happening around a band called The War On Drugs. Adam Granduciel of The War on Drugs Photo: supplied
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