“Strangest Thing” by The War On Drugs

"Strangest Thing" sits on A Deeper Understanding, the fourth War on Drugs album, released through Atlantic on August 25, 2017, and it's Adam Granduciel's show from top to bottom. He wrote it, produced it, sings lead and plays piano, synthesizer, harmonica, bass, acoustic and electric guitars and percussion himself. Around him: Darren Jessee on drums and percussion, Robbie Bennett on piano, Dave Hartley on bass and acoustic guitar, Charlie Hall and Anthony LaMarca on electric guitar, with Bennett, Hall, Hartley and LaMarca stacking up the backing vocals. Shawn Everett mixed it, as he did the whole album.

The record around it drew wide acclaim and won Best Rock Album at the 60th Grammys, and Pitchfork's Mark Richardson marveled that a band wearing its influences so plainly could still come out sounding like nobody else.

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