Album Rating: 4.0

yo guy you definitely need to check out The Drones but new TFS dropping tomorrow apparently, so you're gonna wanna check that out too

Album Rating: 4.5

yes daddy please

Album Rating: 5.0

Have they said what it is they’re dropping, full length, single, whatevah?

Album Rating: 4.0

nah I was gonna say I'm looking forward to another album art in the same vein as the first two, but I don't actually know if it's a full-length or an EP or what

Album Rating: 5.0

Based on what Flightless records posted, looks like it’s going to be a single

Album Rating: 4.5

it's a 7", the b-side is a talking heads cover.

Album Rating: 4.0

that's kind of a bummer that it's looking like it's only 2 tracks, but I guess it'll be cool to hear a TFS take on "Legal Ghost" which I recognized as a lyric from Braindrops track "Aspirin" but didn't realize it was also an older song of Gareth's from the 90's until today

Album Rating: 5.0

Really spaced out stuff, definitely scans early like a grower

Album Rating: 4.0

it's gonna sound good on the 3rd full-length! still got a feeling we're gonna see that before the end of the year... was hoping that's what today's release was gonna be, but just a tease

Album Rating: 4.5

Took me way too long to check out their Staying Alive cover. I love this fucking band. Got the day off tomorrow, gonna do a long overdue Drones discog listen

Album Rating: 4.5

Anywhere I should start specifically or should I just go from first to last?

Album Rating: 5.0

Wouldn’t recommend starting with Here Come the Lies, as much as I love it.

Starter’s guide



Here Come the Lies: Punk Blues Caterwaul

Wait Long: Art punk, straight up

Miller’s Daughter: Blistering psycho garage

Gala Mill: Art punk Aussie country

Havilah: Rough and pastoral, very little punk

I See Seaweed: Sprawling songwriting with a focus on climactic builds

Feelin’ Kinda Free: Guitar pedal fuckery, Proto-TFS

Album Rating: 4.0

my first album of theirs was I See Seaweed, I think that's a good place to start and also one of their best, but if you really intend to listen to them all, I don't know if it matters

their last album might have moments that come the closest to the TFS sound

their first album is noisy and abrasive as all hell

from Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By through to Havilah is probably the 'chillest' stretch of records they put out, though they all certainly get dark and noisy

Album Rating: 4.0

actually I always forget that The Miller's Daughter came out after Wait Long... that one I would say was abrasive and noisy as all hell too if I remember correctly... it's the one I've spent the least amount of time with

Album Rating: 5.0

Honestly they're all great, just depends what you're looking for. Seaweed and Gala Mill are my favorites, and Here Come the Lies took the longest to grow (probably my number 3 now as it stands, though), but you can't really go wrong. Favorite fucking band



Check Gareth's solo album, too, way too slept on for a masterpiece



Edit: Miller's Daughter was released after Wait Long, but it's basically B-Sides dating from their earliest stuff up through the Wait Long sessions, so it's still more closely tied to the Here Come the Lies era, although a little more on the garage side and less on the blues

Album Rating: 4.5

Finally listened to all The Drones records. Overall, I think I See Seaweed is the best out of all of them, that being said To Think That I Once Loved You is fucking perfect and might be the best song Gareth ever wrote.

Album Rating: 5.0

Fuck yeah, welcome back. Gaz’s move in the 2010s to really doubling down on a pedal experimentation’s been such a rewarding development. The textures on Seaweed are absolutely to die for

Album Rating: 4.5

And the way the songs build man. Very post rock influenced imo. Wish I discovered them sooner

Album Rating: 5.0

On the other hand, always nice to have a new artists to deep dive. Got heavy into them and TFS sometime last year, and don’t think I’ve ever disappeared as far inside a single discog as I have this ‘un. Rewards endless relistening like nobody’s business

Album Rating: 4.0

shame and sin, where ya been

I don't ever miss ya being on my own

then you come in, all-knowing

like you've never made mistakes of your own