It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard from New York indie-pop outfit the Drums, but apparently they have some news for us. The band announced a fall tour slate that hits Brighton Music Hall in Allston on September 22, and dropped a mysterious video clip via Youtube. Feel compelled to scan both down south.
Few things make us think of summer quite like Johnny Pierce’s sun-kissed pop projects, and we’ve been itching for new Drums tunes since the 2011 release of Portamento. The new record will apparently be called Magic Mountain, with a first single of the same name, due out on Frenchkiss Records sometime later this year.
Beyond that, the 1:17 teaser video doesn’t give us too much info — it’s most just ambient electronic sounds over a series of black and white images. Though the Drums leaned more towards guitar-led indie-pop, Pierce is no stranger to electronic experimentation — we first fell in <3 with him via forgotten mid-2000s electro-pop wonderkids Elkland.
Check the dates and the video below…
THE DRUMS NORTH AMERICA TOUR – AUTUMN 2014
15-Sep Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
16-Sep Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
17-Sep Washington, DC 9:30
20-Sep New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
22-Sep Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
24-Sep Montreal, QC Cabaret Mile-End
25-Sep Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
27-Sep Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
29-Sep Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
1-Oct Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
2-Oct Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
3-Oct Sacramento, CA TBD FESTIVAL
5-Oct Los Angeles, CA Mayan Theatre
6-Oct San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
8-Oct Portland, OR Portland Star
9-Oct Seattle, WA Neumo’s
10-Oct Vancouver, BC Fortune
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