The Drums – Down By The Water (Youtube)

I saw The Drums at the Reading Festival and they were very good. Here is some press release to prove I’m not lying.

Fresh from playing Reading and Leeds Festival, New York’s The Drums have announced a headline UK tour for November. Latest single “Let’s Go Surfing” is out now via Moshi Moshi / Island Records.

Well I suppose I could have been lying about them being very good but I wasn’t. Anyway never mind that because here’s a new video for set closer and all round enjoyable ballad Down By The Water.

It’s an arty sort of video in which some fey indie boys do some fey indie dance moves, but that’s fine because it’s a fey indie song. If that’s the sort of thing that you’re into, then you’re in luck because The Drums have got the whole bloody package.

I think it’s a nice little tune and a welcome break from the relentlessly catchiness that makes up the rest of their oeuvre. It’s still quite catchy though. Catch it while you can!