Welsh/American band Drowners fronted by welsh singer-come-model Matt Hitt and New Yorkians Jack Ridley, Erik Snyder and Lakis Pavlou have streamed their brand new, debut self-titled album a week earlier than release on 27th January, and have followed their four singles with an accumulation of short and snappy indie pop songs that make one brilliant album.
I'm excited by this album the minute it starts, with fantastically upbeat Ways to Phrase a Rejection, with a great jumpy start to set the album off following into a decent guitar fuelled intro. Matt's lyrics fast and upbeat to the time of the rest of the music. The entire song wakes up the album and kicks it into shape. I could say that its a shame this song is only 1:46 long, but the phrases 'quit while you're ahead' and 'leave them wanting more' seems to be the successful attitude adopted with Drowners music. The band then plunge into well known 2013 summer classic Long Hair, a song that I for one have had spinning on my record player all year, remind me of summery happy times, and making me wish I looked like Alexa Chung (see music video).
We then get a slightly more electro-pop intro to recently released single Luv, Hold Me Down, however their electronic sound lasts only about 5 minuets until the heavy guitar riff is back. Like Long Hair, this song has a catchy and punctual chorus making it a great sing along song. Another familiar with You've Got It Wrong (with opening slightly too similar to Long Hair but we'll let that one slide) and more mellow Unzip Your Harrington with imagery hailing back to teenage relationships. The album finishes up with final familiar song Shell Across the Tongue and carefree, fun song Well, People Will Talk and end things on a high.
I've never seen this band before due to their UK touring being very limited, so apart from four songs already released this was all new to me, which helped me take a fresh and un-obscured view to the album as a whole. The album, I believe, typifies what Indie Pop music is all about, and to use the despicable term 'guitar music' it really follows in the footsteps of, for example, The Vaccines with their short and snappy guitar riff tunes in the 'guitar music' trend. I can't wait for this band to tour the UK, and hope they get to it soon! I also hope that when the time comes to name 2014 albums of the year that this album won't be easily forgotten due to its very early release, as I feel it could really place as one of my personal albums of the year.
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