The Drums is the eponymous debut studio album by American indie pop band The Drums. It was released June 7, 2010, on Moshi Moshi and Island Records. The album contains the singles "Let's Go Surfing," "Best Friend," "Me and the Moon" and "Forever and Ever, Amen" as well as "Down By The Water," which had previously been released as part of the band's Summertime! EP.
Recording
The album was recorded in Jacob Graham's apartment in Florida, the band's apartment in New York City, and in a shack in Woodstock, New York.
Reception
Critical reception
The album has had positive reviews. NME gave the album 8/10, saying, "The Drums have proved... there's still a hurricane of heartsore life in guitar pop." It also highlighted "Book of Stories," "Down by the Water" and "Skippin' Town" as particularly good tracks. Q gave the album 4 stars, saying that "The Drums provide its steadiest beat in years" when referring to the album's impact on the indie music genre.
Singles
The first single to be released from the album was "Best Friend," which was released on 29 March 2010. The single found success in the UK, where it charted at number 110.
Best Friend was a 1976 Broadway play written by Michael Sawyer that premiered at the Lyceum Theatre on October 19, 1976 and closed on October 23, 1976 after 8 performances.
It's a character study of a neurotic woman disrupting her friend's romance by falsely claiming to have a lesbian relationship with her.
Original production
The show was directed by Marty Jacobs, scenery Andrew Greenhut, costumes Miles White, lighting Richard Winkler, production consultant Doug Tayler, production stage manager Michael Wieben, stage managers Victor Raider-Wexler and Ingrid Sonnichsen, and press by Lewis Harmon and Sol Jacobson.
Myron Avant (born April 26, 1978), better known as Avant, is an American R&B singer and songwriter. He is best known for hits such as "Separated" (the remix featuring Kelly Rowland), "My First Love", one version of which features KeKe Wyatt, and "Read Your Mind" (remix featuring Snoop Dogg on the extended promo vinyl and released September 30, 2003). He was featured in the remix to the Lloyd Banks song "Karma" from the 2004 album The Hunger for More, and has had a cameo appearance in the 2004 feature filmBarberShop 2: Back in Business.
His self-titled fifth album, Avant, was released on December 9, 2008.
Avant is now signed to Verve Forecast and released his sixth studio album The Letter (formerly titled Wake Up) on December 21, 2010, featuring production from the likes of The Pentagon; Mike City; Marshall Leathers; and Kajun. Avant cites R. Kelly as his biggest influence and inspiration. His eighth album The VIII was released on September 25, 2015.
Founded in 1986 by Dr. Aart J. de Geus and a team of engineers from General Electric's Microelectronics Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Synopsys was first established as "Optimal Solutions" with a charter to develop and market ground-breaking synthesis technology developed by the team at General Electric.
A la seconde
(French pronunciation:[a la səɡɔ̃d]) A position of the leg to the side or a movement with the leg held to the side in second position, as in a pirouette à la seconde, in which a dancer turns with the working leg à la hauteur ('elevated') in second position
Also, one of the directions of the body, facing the audience (i.e. en face), arms in second position, with one leg extended to second position.
À la quatrième
(French pronunciation:[a la katʁijɛm]) One of the directions of body, facing the audience (en face), arms in second position, with one leg extended either to fourth position in front (quatrième devant) or fourth position behind (quatrième derrière).
À terre
(French pronunciation:[a tɛʁ]) Touching the floor.
Adagio
Italian, or French adage, meaning 'slowly, at ease.'
Avant - Best Friend (NEW RnB Song 2013)
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published: 16 Jun 2009
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*Star Shine Song
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published: 04 Jan 2013
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*Star Shine Song
R&B singer Avant readies to release his seventh studio album, Face the Music, on February 5, 2013. This is a single off the album. Sounds real...
*Star Shine Song
R&B singer Avant readies to release his seventh studio album, Face the Music, on February 5, 2013. This is a single off the album. Sounds real smooth.... Avant has always been true to r&b. Good to know his coming back.
*Star Shine Song
R&B singer Avant readies to release his seventh studio album, Face the Music, on February 5, 2013. This is a single off the album. Sounds real smooth.... Avant has always been true to r&b. Good to know his coming back.
Official video of Avant performing You & I from the album.
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Official video of Avant performing You & I from the album.
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Official video of Avant performing When It Hurts from the album When It Hurts - Single.
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*Star Shine Song
R&B singer Avant readies to release his seventh studio album, Face the Music, on February 5, 2013. This is a single off the album. Sounds real smooth.... Avant has always been true to r&b. Good to know his coming back.
Official video of Avant performing You & I from the album.
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best friend lie to me call me your best friend sell me out make me a fool right or wrong i tried my best just to stay so true acting so cool call it denial or blindness you don't treat your friends like this cuz you're lyin (oh yeah)and hurtin(oh yeah) you play your stupid games you play your dirty tricks you're lyin(oh yeah) and hurting(oh yeah) friends don't treat friends like this best friend say bad things, call me a user i'm confused, who's getting used criticize behind my back yeah yeah that i'm no good, that i'm so damn rude creeping like an assassin in the night hurting your friends it just ain't right cuz you're lyin(oh yeah) and hurtin(oh yeah) you play your stupid games you play your dirty tricks your lyin(oh yeah) and hurtin(oh yeah) friends don't treat friends like this best friend why can't you understand stab my back and shake my hand can't you see...it's killing me you play it cool, but i'm on to you for i know that i'll make it through all the mud you sling it so well but tonight it comes back to you call it denial or blindness you don't treat your friends like this cuz you're your lyin ( ohyeah) and hurting ( ohyeah) you play your stupid games you play your dirty tricks you're lying(oh yeah) and hurting(oh yeah) friends don't treat friends like this (2x)