The Drums - Brutalism (Album Review)

by Q Review Staff

I am literally in ecstasy with this album. I keep exploring, peeling layers, discovering hidden delights. This is an album that is a pure treasure trove of diamonds buried under golden seals. There’s so much going on here that it’s hard to put into a rapid review. It really doesn’t do it justice.

Johnny Pierce has created a synth rock experience of blissful proportions. There’s a rawness that is in one instance filled with sweet reverence and in another that fills the air with surf rock charm.

This album is filled with facing insecurities, understanding life lessons, accepting our self-conscious whirlpools and staring emotion down head on. It’s a cornucopia of lush sound, imagery and sensation.

This album has been a delight to listen to, drift away with, and reflect alongside. It’s joy and heartache as a wonderfully complicated and spirited self-reflective companion. It’s a nervous date you know will change your life. Get lost in this!

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