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Background information
Origin Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Genre(s) World music
Indie Folk
Electronica
Years active 2006—present
Associated acts Owen Pallett
Alaska in Winter
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Kocani Orkestar
The Silent League
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Members
Perrin Cloutier
Hari Ziznewski
Jason Poranski
Nick Petree
Kristin Ferebee
Paul Collins
Jon Natchez
Kelly Pratt
Tracy Pratt
Ben Lanz
Lucy Blyth
Zach Condon
Former members
Heather Trost
Jeremy Barnes



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The Drums Reveal Debut Album Details, Announce One-Off Gig

April 15, 2010
The Drums Reveal Debut Album Details, Announce One-Off GigThe Drums have announced full details of their much-anticipated, eponymous debut album.

Morrissey's favourite new band will release the 12 track record, 'The Drums', on June 7th via Moshi Moshi/Island Records. It's preceded by the single 'Forever and Ever Amen' on May 31st.

You can see the full track-listing below.

In addition to their two-sold-out London shows at Heaven this summer, the band have also just announced a show at the Cambridge Junction on June 29th as a warm-up for their Kings of Leon support slot at Hyde Park.

Together with their appearances at Live At Leeds and The Camden Crawl, The Drums will also be supporting Florence & The Machine on all dates of her May 2010 UK tour.

In yet more Drums news, the New York outfit will be appearing on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross next week (April 23rd).

'The Drums' track-listing:

  1. Best Friend
  2. Me and the Moon
  3. Let's Go Surfing
  4. Book of Stories
  5. Skippin' Town
  6. Forever and Ever Amen
  7. Down By The Water
  8. It Will All End in Tears
  9. We Tried
  10. I Need Fun in my Life
  11. I'll Never Drop My Sword
  12. The Future

(by Scott Colothan)



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