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Recorded
  
New York

Portamento (2011)
  
Encyclopedia (2014)

Release date
  
2 September 2011

Length
  
45:17

Artist
  
The Drums

Label
  
Moshi Moshi Records

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Released
  
September 2, 2011 (2011-09-02)

Genres
  
Indie rock, Indie pop, New wave, Post-punk revival

Producers
  
Jonathan Pierce, Jacob Graham, Connor Hanwick

Indie rock albums
  
Torches, A Different Kind of Fix, The Year of Hibernation, Angles, Tourist History

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Portamento is the second studio album by American indie pop band The Drums. The album was released in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2011 through Moshi Moshi and Island Records and was preceded by the release of lead single "Money" on August 19.

Contents

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Reception

Portamento received generally favorable reviews, with review aggregator Metacritic assigning an average critic score of 64 out of 100, based on 22 reviews. Helen Clarke of musicOMH gave the album four out of five stars, saying, "With their second album The Drums are more absorbing than ever, and have created a record that will last far longer than their first." Mike Williams of NME wrote, "With a little more self-censorship and less browbeating we'd be looking at one of the albums of the year," awarding the record 7/10.

Singles

"Money" is the lead single taken from Portamento. The single was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2011. "How It Ended" was the second single released in the UK on 3 October 2011. "Days" was the third single from the album released in the UK on February 27, 2012.

Personnel

  • Jonathan Pierce – Vocals, Drums
  • Jacob Graham – Synthesizers
  • Connor Hanwick – Drums
  • Myles Matheny – Guitar
  • Songs

    1Book of Revelation3:30
    2Days4:29
    3What You Were3:15

    References

    Portamento (album) Wikipedia