The Drums return with second single from new album 'Portamento'

The Drums return with their second single from new album 'Portamento', releasing 'How It Ended' on October 31st through Moshi Moshi/Island.

Fast becoming a live favourite, the final track on the record 'How It Ended' comes with a video recorded whilst the band were in London for their three heaving, sold out, intimate album launch shows last month.

"[London] is a place that brings me a good level of comfort and at the same time keeps me on edge, which I think any great city should do,"says The Drums front man Jonny Pierce. "We took three days for filming which happened to be the same three days that we were playing a few small intimate shows around London. It made us a bit nostalgic because it was just like the first time we came to London as a band, and our worlds changed forever."

Says director Patrick Roberts: "For Jonny, this is a very personal song. We wanted to convey a tone of recollection, memory, and longing. While the lyrical content could refer to a person, we wanted to play with the idea that it could also refer to a place.

'We chose to incorporate figures that were ghostly, painterly, and saturated in color. We wanted a video that retained a sense of human touch. Something visceral and intimate."

The Drums will be back in November for a full UK tour, with the Manchester and London shows already sold out ' all dates listed below. Now a quintet live, The Drums showcase a newfound vitality and rawer, more dynamic sound. Former guitarist Jacob Graham's soaring synthesizers and multi-instrumentalist Myles Matheny's driving live bass have completely revitalised and enriched the live sound, presenting Portamento's songs in a big, bold way and giving new life to fan favourites.

Additionally, The Drums' new web series, 'VISIOMENTO', has a new episode running every Tuesday. Coming up soon, the band has promised; Jacob Graham's "New Technologies In Music", exclusive in-studio performances of songs from Portamento, plus Jonny Pierce interviewing a special guest.

Watch this space www.thedrums.com/visiomento/ every Tuesday for VISIOMENTO

SEE THE DRUMS LIVE:

Mon 28-Nov Birmingham Institute The Library
Tue 29-Nov Newcastle O2 Academy
Wed 30-Nov Leeds Metropolitan University
Sat 03-Dec Glasgow O2 ABC
Sun 04-Dec Edinburgh Picture House
Mon 05-Dec Cambridge Junction
Tue 06-Dec Portsmouth Pyramids Centre
Thu 08-Dec BristolO2 Academy
Fri 09-Dec London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire *SOLD OUT*
Sat 10-Dec Manchester Ritz *SOLD OUT*

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