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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Drens stir in some other flavors and textures in "Saditsfiction"














"I'm too tired that's for sure"

I would say that Saditsfiction just might be one of Drens' most dreamy songs yet. It's jaggedness and post punk tones, "Saditsfiction... saditsfiction... saditsfiction" with it's piercing drone feel more electro pop than surf punk and the verses almost have a kind of indie rock meets Goth wave (ala the Cure) melodic bounce. However you want to describe it, it is a cool and yes dreamy bit of Drens' surf punk taken in another direction and I am loving it.

Saditsfiction is the 2nd single off of Drens' debut EP "Pet Peeves".

-Robb Donker Curtius

Drens is a wild surf punk four-piece from Dortmund, Europe’s capital of mustache style!



THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:

Drens is a wild surf punk four-piece from Dortmund, Europe’s capital of mustache style!

While they originally met in late 2017 right after studying sound at university, through a shared love of lo-fi harmonies and halloumi sandwiches, Drens agreed it would be a lot of fun writing songs and going touring in a second hand van.

Even back then, when others thought it was a clever idea to do a full debut record, the boys decided instead to release 7 singles over the last two years. Critically acclaimed tracks like Hype machine-blog darling ‚No‘, summer hymn ‚Curacao‘ or power punk/ice cream dream ‚HEAT‘ gathered a huge followership in and outside all of the West & Gold Coast surf rock scenes one can imagine. So, in the end, the band put all the songs on a mixtape called ‚…sunny side up‘, diy-released it on CD, cassette and digital and enjoyed some Hawaiian pizza. Strange, isn’t it?

Drens played key festivals like Open Source, Kosmos Chemnitz and Open Flair, got featured in several YouTube sessions, radio shows and playlists such as New Music Friday or Alternative Generation. The band can be described as a mixture of ‘your chest covered in Pacific Ocean sweat’, ‘a couple of drinks last night and the next coming up’ and ‘red bathing shorts’, shaken twice on ice - a gang who never take themselves too seriously.

Support shows for The Murlocs or Le Butcherettes happened in the same vein of fuzzy, surf, lo-fi VCR aesthetics as seen in their videos.

We know, 2020 is already knocking and will be BIG, so you better relax, dude. There will be new music and many more shows…

Have you ever looked up the band’s name in a Spanish dictionary, you sucker? Be polite!

drens.de
soundcloud.com/drens
open.spotify.com/artist/3Q8NJFycXKD7l7TGADQuHw
youtube.com/user/OfficialDrensChannel
facebook.com/drensofficial
instagram.com/drens_band

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