The War On Drugs - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

Songs:
Pain
Holding On
Strangest Thing
You Don't Have To Go

Host: Troy Nelson
Audio Engineers: Jeff Byrd & Kevin Suggs
Audio Mastering: Matt Ogaz
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Alaia D'Alessandro & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Jim Beckmann

[jameshickson]

I’m an old California grandpa who has heard a lot of live music from famous bands. I think “ The Deeper Understanding” is in the top 3 albums in the last 20-30 years. I don’t say this lightly. But deeply, with some understanding.

[joscelynweatherhog]

The War on Drugs break your heart and put your broken heart back together at the same time.

[ericcrane]

The best band to vibe out to while driving that's for damn sure.

[JohnnyF]

Adam Granduciel is one of the most under-rated musicians and songwriters in modern music

[tnor]

Still don't know why their Youtube guy or gal doesn't do this for every video...

Pain: 0:26
Holding On: 5:35
Strangest Thing: 16:50
You Don't Have to Go: 23:32

[patodonnell]

First, the KEXP sound crew should get awards for this performance. Each instrument is perfectly staged. There is a lot of information to represent here but ALL of it is perfectly mixed.
Second, I have never LISTENED to WOD before, yet this is a watershed moment for me musically. I can look back over the 50 years of my life and point to these moments and see their effect on my life. In 1981 it was Joy Division. In 1982 it was the Comsat Angels. In 1983 it was Stiff Little Fingers. In 1985 it was the Jesus and Mary Chain. In 1991 it was the Catherine Wheel. In 2018 it is the War On Drugs. I have been changed again. Amazing music.

[gmailgfg]

This album takes me to another dimension.

[taratara]

The way "You Don't Have To Go" ends is something else. This album was my therapy for some time 5 years ago, and I had tears in my eyes every time this song wrapped up the album. It still gets me every time.

[Manchester]

KEXP deffo has one of the best live sounds ! Good job to the engineers!

[ParvulaUniversum]

That fucking drummer is something else

[SonicVisionX]

Great band. This is their time to shine.

[denmun]

im no audio engineer... amateur or otherwise, but KEXP has some of the best sounding live performances i've ever heard. everytime. they have turned me onto bands, i may otherwise would have shrugged right off.

[MrKillerNachos]

The drummer is really feeling it, I love it

[TheLibrarian]

The War on Drugs, thank you for existing. Thanks for the music!

[JM-dhjp]

Sitting here with goose bumps all over. FINALLY, some actual MUSIC!

[DesignerFromMars]

There will be no better way to listen to A Deeper Understanding than listening to it while walking in the city at night after it rained.

[Nosirrah]

This song "Pain" when I heard it. Marked a moment in my life, when I went from kinda worrying about my little lane in life. To really feeling a part of this whole human thing. That we literally all struggle. That's music. Great music. It makes you really think really feel and just it's something many many paragraphs can't quite explain. Thanks Adam

[matthewmoss]

These guys need to put out a Live Album.

[wxjkgzf]

We Love You Cheryl as much as we love The War on Drugs

[tombittikoffer]

This station ROUTINELY mixes better than the albums. Whoever does that, amazing. And this is my current fave.