The Drin Today My Friend You Drunk The Venom
- Format
12 Inch
Black
£17.00
On this their third full-length, Ohio’s The Drin continued to refine and hone their experimental dub-infused post-punk.
Initially a solo project, The Drin are now a six-piece and continue to successfully conjure an uneasy sense of foreboding, deploying inventive percussion and throbbing bass lines in conjunction with decidedly lo-fi guitars. Drawled, cryptic vocals, half-spoken, eerily deadpan, further increase the air of uncertainty, offset by flourishes of melody that draw the listener ever further under The Drin’s influence.
Way out there. From up in the attic, in the village of Cincinnati – the third album from The Drin has arrived to commence 2023. Cold rhythms reverberate through the layers of tape spliced together by Dylan McCartney and his impressive cadre of musical companions. The Drin spawned from a debut cassette edition of 50 on the Future Shock label, since teaming up with both Drunken Sailor and Mangel to issue two LPs. Their loose, careening live unit features members of Corker, Crime of Passing, the Serfs and Fruit LoOops.
‘Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom’ is the Drin’s finest hour as a creative entity. McCartney’s incredible command of rhythm lies at the forefront of the mix, complimented by a group that is able to seamlessly transport between post-punk, acid guitar jangle, and krautish experimentalism. There’s even a stellar dub track on here. As much as contemporary artists tend to flaunt their affinity for the past – it’s entirely worthless to apply such trappings to The Drin. Their genre-expansive abilities and deep knack for rhythm and layering are something entirely new and futuristic. Ohio has never sounded so close to outer space.
—Feel It Records
