7.9
Avg Score
11
Opinions
#2,060
All Time
8
Tracks
“Adam Granduciel has taken an open-hearted approach to arena-filling glory. The War On Drugs’ frontman might cut the rock’n’roll stereotype – all flailing locks and plaid shirts–- but he’s never bought into the mythology that comes with the role. Instead, the 42-year-old has mastered his craft with obsessive drive, figuring out life’s bumpy road by way of soul-searching Americana. Granduciel and c”
“The Philadelphia rockers boldly widen their scope on their 5th LP”
“The fifth album from Adam Granduciel and co. chips away some of their hazier edges in favor of sharper melodies, broadening the borders of the meticulous yet joyously simple sound he has perfected.”
“Presumably working on the basis that if his previous LP, 2017’s A Deeper Understanding, made the US Top 10, won a Grammy and elevated his band to stadium-level success, then there isn’t a lot of point ripping up the blueprint and starting again. Adam Granduciel refines rather than reimagines on his fifth album as the War on Drugs. I Don’t Live Here Anymore once again feels gloriously expansive, a ”
“For better or worse, I Don't Live Here Anymore is The War On Drugs' achieving perfection”
“There’s something comforting, on a homely level, about a new album from a band who has been around the block countless times. The War on Drugs released their first album back in 2008; 13 years on, with over a decade of experience behind them, it’s no surprise that fifth album I Don’t Live Here Anymore is a record filled with reflection about change and fate. The essential sound of indie-Americana ”
