THE WAR ON DRUGS/BOWERBIRDS

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The Windmill Brixton in association with Secretly Canadian and Dead Oceans records, presents an astounding double bill of:

THE WAR ON DRUGS (Philadelphia, PA)
The War On Drugs are a fresh face that already sounds like an old friend. Bringing a dose of the West Coast to the hard streets of Philadelphia, their songs recall the ‘80s guitar army of Sonic Youth, the captivating lyrics and vocal stylings of Tom Petty and the sheer inventiveness of Neutral Milk Hotel.
The War On Drugs point toward a tireless horizon in the distance that you will never reach but are compelled to chase. Guitars soar and colorful clouds roll past whatever sun or moon you are cruising under, through whatever old bar you are reveling within.
The War On Drugs debut album Wagonwheel Blues, due for release in August, is the best thing we’ve heard all year. Fact.
The War On Drugs push the boundaries of American music.
www.myspace.com/thewarondrugs

BOWERBIRDS (Raleigh, NC
All three members of Bowerbirds share intertwined vocal harmonies, and paired with the acoustic instrumentation, have conjured a mystical, gorgeous debut album ‘Hymns for a Dark Horse’, that’s due out mid-August and is sure to set the critics reeling.
Predominantly acoustic and flecked with accordion and piano, their touching songs reflect the organic, rural, simple way of life that they live way, in the backwaters of the North Carolina state capital, on a quiet plot of land that is completely off the grid. You can just imagine songs as beautiful as these having been written underneath a moonlit sky, joyously sung around a campfire.
Only once every ten years or so does one hear a new band this good, this bursting with ideas, this audibly in love with music... It is beyond stunning. This band is the complete package. - John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats
www.myspace.com/bowerbirds