Work Drugs is a project that was started a little over a year in Philadelphia.
Their music is made by beats and crystalline guitars evoking the calm of a desert beach during summer and a big, saturated orange sun setting on the horizon...
I tend to have a problem with some bands making laid back, chillwavey music because they tend to overproduce their songs, but I really like Work Drugs exactly for not doing that. You get to feel the lo-fi, DIY-ish production on their music and that's what makes it so interesting, intimate and enjoyable... it has a jelly-muddy atmosphere.
Smooth-fi, sedative wave (using their own definition) with an escapist vibe.
"... music specifically for dancing, boating, yachting, sexting, and living."
ALBUMS
DESTROYER KAPUTT (link)
Besides the obvious smoothness of this album, Dan Bejar said in a few interviews that he recorded most of the vocals from his couch. It doesn't get much cooler than that.
FEIST METALS (link)
We were fortunate enough to catch her and the band at WXPN's World Cafe this fall. I don't think we were completely sold on the album at that point... but that show was a game changer.
It always amazes us how Radiohead can always stay one step ahead of the pack... maybe we've bought in and we're a little bias, but Thom Yorke can do no wrong.
We've been singing their praises since first hearing the lush landscapes of 2003's Dead Cities , Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts. It's about time everyone else jumps on board.
Can't have a party playlist without at least one cut from this album. Epic.
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