Jonny - The Drums: Review
The Drums are the musical project of California singer and songwriter Jonny Pierce. Following their first three albums as a full band the following three have been a solo project for Pierce. The shift also saw their transition away from surf rock stylings into an equally sunny indie pop style. Review by Lav: Jonny had album-of-the-year potential for me. If you're only a casual observer of the band that may seem surprising as they aren't exactly the type of high-brow critical bait I tend to fall for sometimes. But I became a big fan of the band during the rollout for their 2017 album Abysmal Thoughts. I became a flat out super fan just a few years later when Jonny shared Brutalism a terminally underrated album that turned up in the top 10 of my albums of the year list in 2019. If anything, I like the album even more now than I did at the time. When combined with the parade of absolutely excellent singles the band released in the lead-up to the album I was extrem...