The War on Drugs is a sextet based in Philadelphia; their third album, Lost in the Dream, came out in the spring of '14 and has found them a wide audience and, recently, a deal with Atlantic Records. I finally got around to making my Best of 2014 compilation this week, and this is on it; the next day I lucked into a ticket to a sold-out show by the band. It was the third or fourth show of theirs that I've seen, and they remain my favorite working live rock act of the moment. Frontman Adam Granduciel plays guitar like Neil Young and this is something the world needs more of.
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