Portamento

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Rebecca Nicholson (1 September 2011). "The Drums: Portamento – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 January 2012.

Cascading Slopes Revel in Solitude on "Maple Trees" | News". mtvhive.com. 2013-03-13 . Retrieved 2013-04-06. Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 11 September 2011 - 17 September 2011". Official Charts Company . Retrieved May 20, 2020.Me and the Moon" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 69 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100. [38] Brodsky, Rachel (2023-05-11). "The Drums - "Plastic Envelope" & "Protect Him Always" ". Stereogum . Retrieved 2023-06-06.

Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 19 December 2010 - 25 December 2010". Official Charts Company . Retrieved May 26, 2020. I Can't Pretend" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 77 on the UK Physical Singles Chart. [42] Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 30 May 2010 - 05 June 2010". Official Charts Company . Retrieved May 27, 2020. Steffen Hung (2014-08-08). "charts.de". GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014 . Retrieved 2014-08-08. In December 2009, the band was shortlisted as one of the 15 music acts for the BBC Sound of 2010. Subsequently, they placed at No.5 in this list on 4 January 2010. In NME's first issue of 2010 they were named number1 in the magazine's top tips for the year as well as in Clash Magazine's Tips for 2010. The Drums were also voted "Best Hope for 2010" in Pitchfork 's 2009 Readers' Poll. [5] They won the Hall Radar Award [6] for 2010 and were the most Shazamed band of 2009. [7] The Drums performing at the 9:30 Club in 2010.The Drums – Chart History: Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2012-02-20 . Retrieved 2014-08-08.

a b c d "The Drums - Down By The Water". YouTube. 2010-08-30. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20 . Retrieved 2012-02-26. Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 - 05 October 2014 - 11 October 2014". Official Charts Company . Retrieved May 20, 2020. And aside for synthy mid-album oddity 'Searching for Heaven', that's religion done and dusted. Amen to that, really, because we really want to hear songs about surfing, dead best friends and heartbreak if possible from this lot. Fans will be relieved to hear the Brooklyn boys haven't "done an MGMT", with the formula remaining intact, despite the departure of guitarist Adam Kessler: Pierce still sings and swoops like he's blond and good-looking, Jacob Graham hasn't yet managed to find that elusive fourth note in his guitar solos ("I don't even know what chords are," he once said – we can report that this still seems to be the case), the basslines are still driving, and the drums, lowercase, are still discreetly buried in the mix, ironically enough.

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I Felt Stupid" / "Down by the Water" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 49 on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100. [37]

The Drums - Magic Mountain". YouTube. 2014-07-24. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20 . Retrieved 2014-07-30. Album: The Drums, Portamento (Moshi Moshi/Island)". The Independent. 1 September 2011 . Retrieved 24 May 2022. Hej 5: The Drums «PSL". Blogg.svt.se. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09 . Retrieved 2012-02-26. In 2011, Jonny Pierce co-wrote "In the Middle (I Met You There)" with Brooklyn artist Matthew Dear for his EP Headcage. His writing credits also include "You Gave Me Nothing" and "Lose It (In the End)" which are included on Mark Ronson's album Record Collection.Larry Fitzmaurice (16 September 2011). "The Drums: Portamento". Pitchfork . Retrieved 21 January 2012. The Drums Announce Fourth Studio Album Abysmal Thoughts". Anti.com. 2017-03-01 . Retrieved 2017-05-02.