Drummers is a band that initially reminded me of a favorite from a few years back, a band that dominated noise in every way possible. Vocals, drums and guitar were no match for the volume the three made when combined. That band was and is Japandroids. Drummers is based in Boston; they’re a band that has shared the stage with The Thermals and Built To Spill, and they share members (past and present) with Hardly Art’s Pretty & Nice. So from the get-go, you know things will get loud.

Yet noise, like most things, can be controlled and mastered and Drummers does just that. “Planes” fits Drummers’ signature sound, which they dub as post-hardcore. It’s catchy, screamy, and pointed with head-bobbing and -banging guitar riffs. The video is a bit standard, showing the band performing their song in what appears to be a basement recording and practice space, but it’s worth a viewing or two nonetheless — it’s the song that will draw you in.

Download: “Oceans” by Drummers

Drummers – “Planes” from Bobby Landry on Vimeo.

Written by Fense

I thought I had them all figured out. Each Hardly Art release since their inception as a label has seen artists that dabble — albeit barely at times — in some form of folk. Sure, it may be obscure, as in the case of Le Loup, but it’s always there. Enter Pretty And Nice (MySpace) with their recent release, Get Young.

Now my theories are all blown to shit.

Pretty And Nice, instead of folk, can be found somewhere on the edges of punk. Their music is volumes louder than their label predecessors. Take “Tora Tora Tora” as a prime example — the song has not a trace of folk in it, but is just as catchy as anything you’ll find from the rest of Hardly Art’s entourage.

Guess I’m gonna have to develop an alternate theory and begin anew.

Pretty And Nice: Tora Tora Tora [mp3]