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The Drums: July 22, 2009 Bell House - Flac and MP3 Downloads

Posted by nyctaper - 07/08/09 at 08:08 pm

[photo courtesy of Jonny Leather - more here]

The Drums were the third of four bands who performed at Jonny Leather’s excellent show at Bell House in late July. The performance was the band’s eleventh show in its existence, but the tightness and ease of the band belied their newness as a unit. The Drums are self-described as combination of the Factory Records sound and 50’s “surf culture”, but as a live band they sounded singularly as if transported magically from Brit pop circa 1982 — featuring the haircuts, clothing and tape machines from the era. The forty-minute set featured several numbers from their upcoming debut EP Summertime (September release), and newer material from an anticipated full length release.

The Drums are an excellent band for a Saturday in the Summer, and in the end of August they will do just that — on Saturday August 29 at Littlefield as part of the After The Jump Fest ‘09.

We recorded this set from the same location/equipment as the My Teenage Stride recording and the sound is quite excellent. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

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The Drums
2009-07-22
The Bell House
Brooklyn, NY USA

Digital Audience Master Recording
Recorded from Soundboard Area

Neumann KM-150s + DPA 4021s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Premiere Download offered at
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nyctaper@nyctaper.com

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2009-08-07

Setlist:
[Total Time 41:10]
01 Best Friend
02 Let’s Go Surfing
03 Another Night
04 Make You Mine
05 I Felt Stupid
06 Saddest Summer
07 Don’t Be A Jerk, Jonny
08 Submarine
09 When You Hold Me
10 Forever

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT The Drums, visit their website, visit their MySpace page, and preorder their debut EP from the links at their MySpace or directly from InSound [HERE].

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