story + photos / Cristina Leiva
Last Monday, June 10th, I attended to a show from The Drums at Webster Hall in New York City. I was really excited to go to this show because I have been a fan of the band for some years and this was going to be my first concert from The Drums.
It was a foggy, rainy night in New York City and, for me, there couldnāt be any better weather to suit a Drums show (by the way, I love foggy days). AroundĀ 10 pmĀ lead singer Jonny Pierce and his band mates went on stage giving everyone a lesson of style from the beginning to the end.
The show went excellent and I wasnāt expecting less from the Brooklyn-based band. They were able to impregnate the whole ballroom with their signature cool downtown boy vibes and definitely hypnotized the audience into that special atmosphere they can create. They played a mix of songs from their two brilliant albumsĀ The Drums (2010) andĀ Portamento (2011) and some hits from their EPĀ Summertime! (2009).
Jonny and his band showed a great coordination and seemed to be really enjoying their show. I was so excited to finally see Jonny dancing in person. I just wanted to see him dancing like he does in theĀ āBest Friendā video in real life and well, my dream came true. The highlight of the show happened when they playedĀ Money, For Ever And Ever Amen, Best Friend orĀ Letās Go Surfing.
The Drums were also able to soften the crowd (specially the female crowd) due to their always romantic and dreamer lyrics but, when things couldnāt get any cuter, the time of playing āI feel stupidā came and Jonny said:Ā āThis song describes pretty good the way I feel right now, I feel stupid when people pay attention to me for more than 5 secondsā. Then the crowd melted.
When they played Letās Go Surfing they left the stage without even saying goodbye, I was still missing their song Down By The Water and thank goodness they were just doing the āWe are done but we are notā thing and came back on stage to give us two more songs: Down By The Water and The Future.
I left this show walking under the rain, feeling really happy and rewarded and thinking about how much I love what these guys do. I am really looking forward for their next show!
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