The Drums Announce October Release For New Album 'Jonny', Share New Track Better
Friday, 14 July 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Qiao Meng
The Drums have released a new song and details of their next album.
The jangly Better serves as a punchy indie-pop precursor to Jonny Pierce's long-running project's sixth LP, 'Jonny', due out on October 13 via ANTI- Records. Pierce said:
"When I finished 'Jonny', I listened to it, and I heard my soul reflected back at me. It is devastating and triumphant, it is lost and found, it is confused and certain, it is wise and foolish. It is male and female, it is hard and gentle.
"To encapsulate ones’ whole self in an album, to honor each and every part of you – even the parts that feel at odds with each other, is to make something deeply human, and because my religion is humanism, the album becomes a sacred place for me to worship. Each feeling a different pew, each song a hymn to the human heart."
In addition to the lyrics, the record's themes of vulnerability are also reflected in its cover art, which can be viewed below, alongside the tracklist, which features spring single I Want It All as the opening track, along with the previously shared Obvious, Plastic Envelope and Protect Him Always.
The Drums kicked off a North American tour this week, which continues with a show in Los Angeles tonight (July 14).
'Jonny' tracklist:
1. I Want It All
2. Isolette
3. I’m Still Scared
4. Better
5. Harms
6. Little Jonny
7. Plastic Envelope
8. Protect Him Always
9. Be Gentle
10. Dying
11. Green Grass
12. Obvious
13. The Flowers
14. Teach My Body
15. Pool God
16. I Used to Want To Die
The Drums Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri July 14 2023 - LOS ANGELES California - Shrine Expo Hall at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall - Complex (USA)
Sat July 15 2023 - LAS VEGAS Nevada - AREA15 (USA)
Sun July 16 2023 - PHOENIX Arizona - Van Buren (USA)
Mon July 17 2023 - EL PASO Texas - Lowbrow Palace (USA)
Wed July 19 2023 - DALLAS Texas - Granada Theater (USA)
Thu July 20 2023 - AUSTIN Texas - Mohawk (USA)
Fri July 21 2023 - HOUSTON Texas - White Oak Music Hall - Houston (USA)
Sat July 22 2023 - NEW ORLEANS Louisiana - House Of Blues - New Orleans (USA)
Mon July 24 2023 - ATLANTA Georgia - Terminal West (USA)
Tue July 25 2023 - NASHVILLE Tennessee - Basement East (USA)
Thu July 27 2023 - CARRBORO North Carolina - Cat's Cradle (USA)
Fri July 28 2023 - WASHINGTON District of Columbia - 930 Club (USA)
Sat July 29 2023 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Theatre Of Living Arts (USA)
Mon July 31 2023 - BOSTON Massachusetts - Royale Boston (USA)
Thu August 03 2023 - NEW YORK New York - Webster Hall - Complex (USA)
Sat August 05 2023 - DETROIT Michigan - Saint Andrews Hall (USA)
Sun August 06 2023 - TORONTO - Danforth Music Hall (USA)
Tue August 08 2023 - CHICAGO Illinois - Metro Chicago (USA)
Wed August 09 2023 - MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota - Varsity Theater (USA)
Fri August 11 2023 - DENVER Colorado - Bluebird Theater (USA)
Sat August 12 2023 - SALT LAKE CITY Utah - Psych Lake City at Urban Lounge (USA)
Mon August 14 2023 - SEATTLE Washington - Showbox (USA)
Tue August 15 2023 - VANCOUVER British Columbia - Fortune Sound Club (Canada)
Wed August 16 2023 - PORTLAND Oregon - Wonder Ballroom (USA)
Fri August 18 2023 - SAN FRANCISCO California - Regency Ballroom (USA)
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