The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient (Black Vinyl) Alternative Music it's a veritable summation of

it's a veritable summation of everything you love about them - from rhythmically challenging jazz funk prog to droning repetitive exhumations of the socio-political conscience (rock 'n' roll)

” to the goth/post-punk austerity of “Son

and the soul of rock ‘n’ roll

With the release of Native Speaker in January 2011

Out January 19th on Fire Talk

The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient (Black Vinyl) Alternative Music it's a veritable summation ofThe War On Drugs conjure an ambling drone that conceals real pop hooks and allows classic rock colours to seep through. Main man Adam Granduciel gets plenty of Dylan comparisons, but Slave Ambient feels like a more back alley Byrds filtered through a gauzier Spacemen 3 lens. The chugging "Your Love Is Calling My Name" drives that road for six blissful minutes, but their best song, "Baby Missiles" in a different version here than on 2010's Future