Lost In The Dream is the third album by Philadelphia band The War on Drugs. Around the release of the 2011 album Slave Ambient, Adam Granduciel spent the bulk of two years on the road, touring through progressively larger rock clubs and festival stages. As these dozen songs shifted and grew beyond what they’d been in the studio, The War on Drugs really grew as a band.

In the past, Granduciel built the core of songs largely by himself, however, these new tunes were played and recorded by the group that had solidified so much on the road as they spent eight months bouncing between a half-dozen different studios stretching from NC to NYC. Only then did Granduciel-the proudly self-professed gearhead, and unrepentant perfectionist-add and subtract, invite guests and retrofit pieces, sculpting these songs into a musical rescue mission, through and then beyond personal despair and anxiety. Lost In The Dream represents the trials of the trip and the triumphs of its destination. As such, these tunes reveal a careful and thrilling reinvention of the sound that’s become The War on Drugs’ trademark. The signature meld of long tones and scattershot layers with phantom drum machines and organ lines dotting the musical middle distance still stands, but there’s a newfound directness, too. Granduciel’s voice steps out from behind its typical web of effects-louder now, with more experiences to share and more steel from having survived them. He sounds less like a prismatic reflection of a rock bandleader, more like the emboldened actualization of that idea.

The War On Drugs’ Lost In The Dream is out March 18th on Secretly Canadian. After sharing the album’s initial single, “Red Eyes”, the band is now revealing the single‘s official video, produced by Woodshop Films.

THE WAR ON DRUGS’ TOUR DATES:

Sat. March 15 – Kingston, NY @ BSP Lounge

Tue. March 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

Wed. March 19 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom 

Thu. March 20 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom 

Fri. March 21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 

Sat. March 22 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar

Sun. March 23 – Chicago, IL @ Metro

Wed. March 26 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater

Fri. March 28 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune

Sat. March 29 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret 

Sun. March 30 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

Tue. April 1 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent 

Wed. April 2 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent

Fri. April 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour 

Sat. April 5 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour 

Sun. April 6 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah

Mon. April 7 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom

Tue. April 8 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress

Thu. April 10 – Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note

Fri. April 11 – Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century

Sat. April 12 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop

Sun. April 13 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom

Mon. April 14 – Toronto, ON @ Legendary Horseshoe Tavern 

Tue. April 15 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace

Thu. April 17 – Boston, MA @ Paradise

Fri. April 18 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

Fri. May 2 – Sun. May 4 – Austin, TX @ Austin Psych Fest

Thu. May 15 – Cologne, DE @ Gebaude 9

Fri. May 16 – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefahrlich

Sat. May 17 – Malmö, SE @ Mejeriet

Sun. May 18 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Medis

Mon. May 19 – Goteborg, SE @ Pustervik

Tue. May 20 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret

Wed. May 21 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega

Fri. May 23 – Berlin, DE @ Bi Nuu

Sat. May 24 – Utrecht, NL @ LGW

Sun. May 25 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique

Mon. May 26 – Paris, FR @ Fleche D’or

Tue. May 27 – London, UK @ Koko

Wed. May 28 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2

Thu. May 29 – Dublin, IE @ The Button Factory

Thu. May 29-31 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound

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