Seattle punk rock ’n rollers The Drowns are proud to present their brand new live album Live At Rebellion, on Pirates Press Records.
This is the band’s first foray into recording a live performance, but it has been an idea on the table from very early on. While the band are rightfully acclaimed for their studio albums, the first thing anyone in the know talks about is their electrifying live shows.
“Within the first year of starting the band, we saw the reactions we were getting from people live, and we had the idea to record a live album,” says guitarist and singer Rev. “Almost a decade later now, we felt like the time was right.”
While a live album recorded during the first year may have captured the raw power of a hungry band kicking off their momentum, Live at Rebellion is the sound of a seasoned band playing in front of a veritable army of international fans on their largest festival stage at Rebellion Festival in Blackpool, UK - fans that they have earned one by one, sweating it out with relentless transcontinental touring.
“Rebellion has always been a highlight of our year, and we love the performances there because the energy from the crowd is raw and visceral,” explains Rev. “That’s why we made the choice to do it there in Blackpool.”
While far from a “Greatest Hits Live” preserved in amber, the setlist features selections from every era of the band’s career, and was determined by the band’s knowledge of what songs get their audiences fired up - all killer, no filler, as the saying goes! The gritty attack of “Them Rats” exemplifies the band’s streetpunk influences and lyrical calls to unite against abusive authoritarian power. Meanwhile, the vital ass-shaking boogie of “Live Like Yer Dyin’” was a direct result of the band fully embracing their collective appreciation of the energetic joys of both 70s glam and original 50s rock ’n roll! Their choice of cover song - “Ballroom Blitz,” - truly hits the Sweet spot, if you’ll pardon the pun, as one of the foremost glam-proto-punk-bovver rock masterpieces. It is executed here in masterful hands by The Drowns.
The band acknowledges Daz Russell & Daryl Smith, the organizers at Rebellion, for backing the making of the record. David Casey (Success, One Step Beyond) helmed the boards to capture the recording, mixing and engineering was done by Evan Douglas Foster (The Sonics, Boss Martians), and the final master was produced by Seattle legend Jack Endino (Nirvana, Mudhoney, Soundgarden), who also recently oversaw the remaster of The Drowns’ debut album View From the Bottom.
TRACKLISTING:
01. Black Lung
02. Wolves On the Throne
03. Ketamine & Cola
04. Hold Fast
05. Cue the Violions
06. Live Like Yer Dyin’
07. Blacked Out
08. Just the Way She Goes
09. Eternal Debate
10. Demons
11. Ballroom Blitz
12. Them Rats
