The Drums has largely become Jonny Pierce’s personal project over the past few years, and he’s about to become more personal than ever: jonny, The indie-pop artist’s sixth studio album will be released on October 13th via ANTI-. The news comes with the record’s latest single, “Better.”
Johnny see pierce real Digging deep into his past, it includes songs that confront his “cult-like” religious upbringing and how it affected him as an adult.But it wasn’t all contempt – in hindsight, he’s been able to make peace with his traumatic childhood, and Johnny Also promises feelings of optimism and gratitude.
“When I finish Johnny, I listened to it and I heard my soul reflected back to me,” Pierce explained in the release. “It was devastating and triumphant; it was lost and found; it was confusing , is also certain; it is wise and it is also foolish. It has masculinity and femininity, hardness and tenderness. Encapsulating one’s entire self in one album, respecting every part of you – even the parts that don’t feel aligned with each other, is to make something very human because my religion is humanism, so this This album has become a sacred place for me to worship. Everyone feels differently, and each song is a hymn to the human heart. “
“Better” is bittersweet, juxtaposed with Pierce’s genuine love for the people he once depended on — maybe Too much — with newfound confidence, he knew he could finally be alone with confidence. “My darling, my love / How I love you, how I miss you / But my loneliness loves me more than you,” he sings over an uptempo drum machine and screeching guitar.
Order Form Johnny In progress. Listen to “Better” below, then keep scrolling for the album art and track listing.
The Drums’ North American tour kicks off tonight in San Diego and you can buy tickets on StubHub.The band’s last album was in 2019 brutalism.
Johnny artwork:
Johnny Track list:
01. I want it all
02. Isolite
03. I’m still scared
04. Better
05. Harm
06. Little Johnny
07. Plastic envelope
08. Protect him forever
09. Be gentle
10. death
11. Green Grass
12. Obvious
13. Flowers
14. Teach my body
15. Pool God
16. I used to want to die
