The Drums are ruining my life

In the best way possible at least.
I started listening to them in 2011 during the summer. That was when I was moving between the phases you go through as a teenager. I had ditched all my skinny jeans and was only concerned about the beach and getting a tan and looking at stars while covered in sand. Of course I heard Let's Go Surfing first by them. And then I think I heard Best Friend. And then probably Forever and Ever Amen.
Side Note: Forever and Ever Amen has been my favorite song, both by the Drums and in general, for the past three years. No regrets. I don't get tired of it because I only listen to it when I need to feel like things will get better for me.

But despite listening a couple of their songs, I didn't really get into them until 2012. I had about 60% of their songs downloaded with at least some of the lyrics in my memory. Over the past couple of years, I've quickly just become more and more engrossed by them. I mean, their music is fantastic, and they're just fantastic people in general. Jonathan Pierce and Jacob Graham are the most down to earth men in the world. And they're so damn talented. Their knowledge of music is so incredibly vast. I've heard Jonny speak lovingly of Doo Wop classics and Jacob speak fondly of the pioneers of music with synths. You have these two guys with the love of a broad spectrum of music get together to make something they find beautiful and it's wonderful.

So being that I'm such a huge fan, I practically jumped out of my chair when that tweet was posted earlier this year. Yeah, that tweet.

I felt a plethora of feelings. And I had so many questions. Which were not answered. For a few months, at least.

Long story short, I'm excited because the album they're releasing in Autumn because they're my favorite band and they'll be relevant to me during an album release for the first time. I finally saw them live last Friday actually. They held a free mini concert in Manhattan, where I live. There were too many people and everyone was high or drunk or trying to get high or drunk. Everyone was too tall and reeked of cigarettes. I waited on the line for over an hour and had to run across the street to use the restroom in a delicatessen that was just a god awful scent of piss and broken dreams. But after all that, those twenty minutes of their performance were the best twenty minutes of live music I've ever seen. I'm obviously biased because of how much I love them, but I think they have a great stage presence. I love how in tune they are to what they're doing. I'm only 5'1" so I barely got to see Jacob or Jonathan, but the glimpses were worth it because I'm a disgusting fangirl.

Anyway, I bought a ticket for the show here in September (and I'm currently waiting for ticketmaster to send me a link to the ticket like what. If there's an issue with it I'll probably cry and I'm praying to God that my ticket is okay and is on its way.) But I'm sure it'll be the raddest night of my life. I bought the single already that has Rules of Your Life which is the perfect song, by the way. I saw the music video of Magic Mountain too. Just this morning. It's perfect.

I'm an avid fan of not only the Drums, but Jonathan and Jacob's other projects too. I was looking forward to Jonathan's solo album, but I'm not sure where that stands. There's also another song he performed for something I can't remember. He was wearing a pink suit and it sounded lovely. Oh I found it.

I've also listened to Jacob's other projects like Horse Shoes, and Cascading Slopes which are both honestly just grand.

Honestly watching these guys do their thing is so inspirational and uplifting. I'm going to declare my major as music hopefully by the end of my spring semester, and I can only hope I'm as successful as making an impact in the world of music and on people as Jacob Graham and Jonathan Pierce.

I'm pumped for the release of Encyclopedia in its entirety and I hope that one day I get to meet the band and if that happens hopefully I won't look like the most giant of the nerds and only mildly nerdy.