The War On Drugs :: "Comin' Through"

If The War On Drugs were a national policy initiative and not a Philadelphia rock band, it would be underfunded and completely ineffective, maybe even culminating with a 25-years-back Nancy Reagan screaming. "Just Say No" at terrifying volume. If The War On Drugs were a national policy initiative and not a Philadelphia rock band, it would feature an after-school program so comically ineffective it would later be proven to increase drug use among young people. If The War On Drugs were a policy initiative it would certainly invent as spokesman a trench coat-clad cartoon crime dog that even the most grounded 10-year old found at least a little troubling.

Luckily, The War On Drugs are a Philadelphia rock band with a brand new EP and a promotional single, "Comin' Through" that evokes cruise-control rock, gliding under its own power with meandering American guitars like a Petty-fronted Real Estate tune. It is road trip music, even if you're standing still, leaving the hysterical 80s and 90s in the dust of something new that feels pleasantly worn in.

Listen :: The War On Drugs - "Comin' Through"