Album · 2016 · 8 Songs. No one does venomous tension and release like The Drones. The Melbourne roughneck guitar quintet switch it up for their seventh studio album, adding synths, drum machines, and eerie production quirks to their established role as blues-based rock gods. Taman Shud -a listicle of political hot potatoes-and Boredom uncoil neck-jerking dance grooves, while Then They Came For Me and To Think That I Once Loved You swim in celestial sounds. It’s a whole new tack for the band, though frontman Gareth Liddiard sounds as angry as ever. Feelin Kinda Free The Drones.

Feelin Kinda Free is the sixth studio album by Australian band The Drones, released in March 2016. The album peaked at number 12 on the Australian album charts. The album is noted for being more experimental and darker than its predecessors. At a little over 40 minutes, it is also their shortest album thus far. The album was mixed by Aaron Cupples, who had previously co-produced 2006's Gala Mill and would go on to mix Tropical Fuck Storm's debut A Laughing Death in Meatspace.

The noisy art rock record, "Feelin Kinda Free", is a well arranged mixed bag. The record is full of very solid high points, but is ultimately dragged down by what feels like filler songs, despite the album's humble length. With this record, The Drones set out to build upon their own unique style. Songs such as "Private Execution" and "To Think That I Once Loved You", are perfect examples of the talent possesed by The Drones. Many of the songs range from being. Feelin Kinda Free. Studio album by. The Drones. Singles from Feelin Kinda Free. Taman Shud" Released: 12 December 2015. To Think That I Once Loved You" Released: 19 January 2016. Drummer Christian Strybosch, who had previously drummed on the band's first two releases, performs on this album having replaced Mike Noga in 2014.

The Drones’s seventh album is a masterclass in genre-defying rock. No prisoners are taken. This is not, some of you might be disappointed to hear, the Manchester punk rock Drones of Bone Idol infamy. This other Drones are from Melbourne, Australia and have been kicking up a storm of frenetic, dense literary rockin’ since their debut album Here Comes The Lies was released in 2002. The Drones are by no means a one-man band, however; almost every album has been a joint writing venture and Feelin Kinda Free continues the trend. Describing the album in the press release as a bad trip you can dance to probably says it better than I ever could; graphically interweaving lyrics and all sorts of guitar dissonance and stomping rhythms are twisted around gurgling keys and flashing synth noise to create an album that is as multi-layered as it is immediate.

Listen: The Drones – Private Execution. MF: It was clear from the outset that Feelin Kinda Free was going to be a very confrontational record when Taman Shud was released as the lead single.

Feelin Kinda Free sounds like the work of a less dour and far more subversive band. Despite the subject matter and often funereal pace, it’s anything but a drag.

Feelin Kinda Free is the first album in over a decade to feature original Drones drummer Christian Strybosch. He is joined by long time members Gareth Liddiard, Fiona Kitschin, Dan Luscombe and Steve Hesketh. Feelin Kinda Free is a bad trip you can dance to. It's a punch in the brain summed up by the first line of the album's opener Private Execution: "The best songs are like bad dreams". It is not like other music.