The Drums' Jonny Pierce releasing solo LP (stream a track)

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by Bill Pearis

jonny-pierce

Some might say it's strange for a man to bare his soul the way I do on this album but I wanted to do something that exposed me for who I am even more so than anything I have done with The Drums ... I wanted to be as self-indulgent as possible with this album. This is pop done the way I think it should be done. - Jonny Pierce

Some might ask, "Um, isn't he basically the Drums anyway?" (smash-cut to Connor saying , "Hey!") but Jonny Pierce will release his self-indulgent solo album in 2013. He's just dropped the LP's first track, "I Didn't Realize," and it definitely has different instrumentation that what the song might have been if it'd been a Drums song. You can judge for yourself, the video for the song is below.

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Tags: Jonny Pierce, The Drums

posted at 9:41 AM on November 28, 2012 in music | streams | Comments (16)

Comments (16)

cupcakes are for teepees

Posted by Anonymous | November 28, 2012 9:52 AM

"... a man to bare his soul ... "

you mean that he's going to come out, finally?

Posted by Anonymous | November 28, 2012 9:53 AM

0 fucks given.

Posted by d | November 28, 2012 9:53 AM

As a an out, proud, and fabulous fag, I can honestly say this is the gaaaaaayest

Posted by Anonymous | November 28, 2012 9:59 AM

this is not good? what label is putting this stinker in the landfill?

Posted by Anonymous | November 28, 2012 10:09 AM

"and it definitely has different instrumentation that what the song might have been if it'd been a Drums song."

LOL, come on

these guys have had every hype machine imaginable behind them and they have barely caught on more than your average brooklyn lo-fi band whose audience consists entirely of their nyu classmates. maybe time to give it a rest on them?

Posted by Anonymous | November 28, 2012 10:12 AM

"Some might say it's strange for a man to bare his soul the way I do on this album..."

Who says this?

Posted by r | November 28, 2012 10:13 AM

Jonny's running low on PR gimmmicks, what's next rehab? Sex tape? Arrest?

Posted by Anonymous | November 28, 2012 10:19 AM

this dude is gayer than the day is long

Posted by Anonymous | November 28, 2012 11:00 AM

^cool story, bro.

Posted by Anonymous | November 28, 2012 11:29 AM

^ dumb as sausage fuck right there

Posted by Anonymous | November 28, 2012 11:32 AM