Band leader
Matthew Hilt moved from Wales to New York City to form post-punk outfit
Drowners back in 2011. Last spring the four piece released an ep titled
Between Us Girls and later wowed fans at Lollapalooza in Chicago. The band's highly anticipated self-titled debut album
Drowners finally drops January 28th and includes 12 (13, if you buy the version on Amazon) catchy guitar driven tracks in the vein of
the Strokes,
Parquet Courts,
Vaccines, and
Palma Violets. I loved this band and record upon first listen, and if you love Drowners' aforementioned influences you likely will too. Stream the record in full over at
Gigwise or
Rolling Stone.
Check out two videos from the album along with a handful of Drowners' tour dates below:
1/30 - Allston, MA @ Great Scott
1/31 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
2/06 - Washington DC @ DC9 Nightclub
2/07 - Philadelphia, PA @ KungFu Necktie
Published on January 22nd, 2014 @ 3:43 PM
