The Drums hail from New York, and specialise in a sort of wonky pop/rock that walks the light between heartbreak and light-heartedness. Let's Go Surfing combines driving guitar rhythms and jaunty whistles to come off like a modern Beach Boys (although, really, what do Brooklyn boys know about surfing?) while I Felt Stupid is a little bit more emoting. It kind of sounds to me like what a John Hughes film would sound like if it was a song - awkward, upset, funny, splattering emotions about everywhere, but in a teenage way. They'll pick themselves back up again. And I love the end of the song, with the kids playing and laughing. I do sort of get the impression, mainly from their website and the video for I Felt Stupid, that the Drums take themselves a little bit more seriously than summer teen pop songs though...
Also, it's horribly appropriate to me right now as I VERY stupidly broke my toe yesterday. Hurts like a bitch.
[Photo courtesy of Lili Vieira de Carvalho on flickr]
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