Slave Ambient
The 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 Weather EP - overlays a synth aura, like '80s-era Springsteen, with a splash of Kurt Vile. It's vexing in exactly the right way.
- Best Night
- Brothers
- I Was There
- Your Love Is Calling My Name
- The Animator
- Come To The City
- Come For It
- It's Your Destiny
- City Reprise #12
- Baby Missiles
- Original Slave
- Black Water Falls
The 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 Weather EP - overlays a synth aura, like '80s-era Springsteen, with a splash of Kurt Vile. It's vexing in exactly the right way.
Tracklisting
- Best Night
- Brothers
- I Was There
- Your Love Is Calling My Name
- The Animator
- Come To The City
- Come For It
- It's Your Destiny
- City Reprise #12
- Baby Missiles
- Original Slave
- Black Water Falls
