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The War On Drugs
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
The War On Drugs
Plays on LTZ: (historical total not available beyond this vault's episode folders)
Tracks played
Red Eyes — played 2026-09-03
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The War On Drugs — Red Eyes
Played: 2026-09-03 (TikTok)
Lead single from the 2014 breakthrough Lost in the Dream, released December 2013 and widely credited with pushing the band from cult favourite to festival headliner. A four-minute rush of billowing synths, chugging guitars and Adam Granduciel's husky, Dylan-adjacent vocal, fusing Springsteen-style heartland rock with the motorik pulse of Krautrock. The album was recorded during a rough patch for Granduciel, who has spoken publicly about battling anxiety and insomnia, and the song's forward-surging energy works as a defiant counterweight to that restlessness.
TikTok angle: The song that pushed these guys from cult favourites to festival headliners, and the album it leads was born out of a rough patch of anxiety and insomnia.
Sources: Stereogum · Wikipedia
The War On Drugs
Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · formed 2005 · active
Members: Adam Granduciel (lead vocals, guitar — sole constant member), David Hartley (bass), Robbie Bennett (keyboards), Charlie Hall (drums), Jon Natchez (saxophone, keyboards), Anthony LaMarca (guitar), Eliza Hardy Jones (keyboards, percussion)
Genre: Indie rock, heartland rock, neo-psychedelia, Americana
Discography:
Wagonwheel Blues (2008) — Secretly Canadian
Slave Ambient (2011) — Secretly Canadian
Lost in the Dream (2014) — Secretly Canadian — breakthrough LP, includes "Red Eyes"
A Deeper Understanding (2017) — Atlantic Records — won the Grammy for Best Rock Album (2018)
I Don't Live Here Anymore (2021) — Atlantic Records
Facts:
Co-founder Kurt Vile left after the 2008 debut to focus on his solo career; Granduciel has been the band's only constant member ever since.
A Deeper Understanding won the Grammy for Best Rock Album despite the band's famously slow, obsessive studio process.