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Oct 16, 2023Rico Nasty cameos on “Dying,” and her appearance detracts from the momentum after Jonny’s most earnest moments. But the album is still a victory and an ode to the discomforts, pains, and ecstasies of Pierce’s queerness. He earns the self-title on this record. With Jonny, The Drums is finally his.
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Oct 13, 2023Jonny is an album you need to listen to front-to-back in order to understand the full vision, nothing about this album should be skimmed over.
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Oct 13, 2023His growth is evident on every one of Jonny's touching, impressive moments and near-perfect blend of all the sides of the Drums' music -- and that makes his artistic triumph all the sweeter.
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UncutOct 25, 2023There's often a giddy, even ecstatic feel to Pierce's exercises in personal exorcism, one that connects the exuberant indie-pop that was The Drums' stock and trade during their breakout a decade ago with his more smiths-y and synth-laden music here. [Dec 2023, p.28]
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Oct 13, 2023There's rarely a moment on Jonny that feels regressive — for the first time since the Drums' debut 13 years ago, Pierce has mastered a way to bare both his chops and his emotions.
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Oct 13, 2023Though bleak on the surface, through Jonny, Pierce finds himself embracing the chaos of life, reclaiming his childhood years in a cathartic and self-soothing project that aptly marks fifteen years of The Drums.
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Oct 19, 2023Even as excess weighs down Jonny, the album still glimmers with beauty. Pierce’s depictions of raw, strange intimacy have long distinguished the band’s music, and Jonny’s core scrutiny of trauma and its aftermath plays to his strengths.
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Oct 13, 2023Jonny arrives after a decade as the same well-paced and tender exercise in running in place, exactly where they always leave off.