Best New Music: The War on Drugs

Adam Granduciel, War on Drugs front man; guitarist; harmonica-player; visionary -- crafts songs that make you feel -- whether it's happy, restless, yearning, exuberant, exhausted, or content. It's something in that twangy, affected drawl that gives the illusion of soaring above the ground -- while still remaining very much connected to all that's below.

Granduciel at SXSW

On Slave Ambient (out August 16 on Secretly Canadian), he weaves these emotions together seamlessly, for a stirring listen of laidback, late-summer jams. Check out my full review over at Phrequency.com, and catch the fantastic, Urban Outfitters-produced vid for single "Come to the City."


Previously on U.E.: Song of the Week: The War on Drugs, "Baby Missiles"

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