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War on Drugs, The - A Deeper Understanding '2017

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A Deeper Understanding
ArtistWar on Drugs, The Related artists
Album name A Deeper Understanding
Country
Date 2017
GenreIndie Rock
Play time 01:06:20
Format / Bitrate 24 BIT Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
Media CD
Size 794 mb
PriceDownload $6.95
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Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Up All Night
02. Pain
03. Holding On
04. Strangest Thing
05. Knocked Down
06. Nothing To Find
07. Thinking Of A Place
08. In Chains
09. Clean Living
10. You Dont Have To Go

Mixing the grand-scale guitar attack of Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine with
a melodic sense and lyrical perspective that recall Bob Dylan roaring down
Highway 61, Philadelphias the War on Drugs are the creation of a pair of Dylan
fans, Adam Granduciel and Kurt Vile, who met at a party in 2003. After several
drinks, Granduciel and Vile discovered their shared fascination with the Bard of
Minnesota, and began working on songs together. By 2005, the pair had enough
material to launch a proper band, and the War on Drugs were born.

With Granduciel and Vile fronting the band, a variety of accompanists drifted in
and out of the lineup before the War on Drugs settled on a stable lineup of
Granduciel on vocals, guitar, and keyboards; Vile on guitar and vocals; Charlie
Hall on organ and drums; Dave Hartley on bass, and Kyle Lloyd on drums and
percussion. While the War on Drugs were hesitant to quit their jobs and begin
touring extensively, the band became a frequent presence on the Philadelphia
music scene and impressed out-of-towners during occasional gigs in New York
City. In 2007, the band completed its debut EP, a five-song set called Barrel of
Batteries, posted online as a free download. Positive press for both the EP and
the groups powerful live shows caught the attention of the noted independent
label Secretly Canadian, which signed the band, releasing its first full-length
album, Wagonwheel Blues, in June 2008. However, by the end of that year, Vile,
Hall, and Lloyd all departed the group, with Vile making a name for himself as a
solo artist soon after.

After the mass exodus, drummer Mike Zanghi joined Granduciel and Hartley, and
that trio lineup made its recorded debut with 2010s mini-album Future Weather.
That same year, Hartley released the first album from his solo project,
Nightlands. Multi-instrumentalist Robbie Bennett then joined the War on Drugs
for 2011s Slave Ambient, their second proper album, which gained the band
significant critical acclaim. While touring Slave Ambient, Granduciel set about
writing and recording their third LP. Taking nearly two years to complete, Lost
in the Dream saw release on Secretly Canadian in early 2014. It debuted within
the American Top 40, and earned them more rave reviews. They spent much of the
next two years making multiple passes through the U.S., Canada, and Europe on
tour, then set to work on another album. The band re-emerged in April 2017 with
the 11-minute single Thinking of a Place, released in conjunction with Record
Store Day. The track would later appear on their fourth album, A Deeper
Understanding, which saw release later the same year, marking their first album
on Atlantic Records; Shawn Everett (Alabama Shakes, Weezer) provided the final
mix.

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