“I START A SONG FROM A SPACE THAT FEELS CALM”
Adam Granduciel has come a long way since forming The War On Drugs in Philadelphia in 2005 - a journey that has taken his band from the margins of indie rock to mainstream success. The first breakthrough came in 2014 with album number three, Lost In The Dream, but it was the follow-up, 2017’s A Deeper Understanding, that gave The War On Drugs a worldwide hit - top 10 hit in the US, the UK and beyond - and confirmed Granduciel as one of the most gifted songwriters in modern rock.
Now comes a new album, I Don’t Live Here Anymore, which ranges from heartland rock to ambient psychedelia, well-considered sparsity to mammoth intensity. “The songs come out of different guitars,” Adam says, as he discusses his approach to writing and gear, his experiments in sound, and his evolution as a player...
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