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NA TOUR STARTS IN 4 DAYS. I WILL BE SIGNING MERCH AFTER EVERY SHOW. LOTS OF NEW DESIGNS! THERE MAY EVEN BE AUTHENTIC PREVIOUSLY WORN ONE OF A KIND “JONNY JACKETS” THAT POP UP HERE AND THERE. SEE YOU ON THE FIELD BRUH! 🏈 🏈 🏈

US tour starts this month! Can’t wait to see you all on the road. Tickets and experiential packages now available at thedrums.com/shows

It has been 1 year since I released my 6th studio album - JONNY 🥀 It remains the album that is dearest to my heart and most represents who I am both in and out of the studio. To mark the occasion, today I have released Harms (Extended Version). In this version, I sing about an era of my life (circa 2020) when I was taking therapeutic doses of psilocybin - which enhanced my ability to split into two parts simultaneously- mother and child. I was able to hold and be held all at once- which was deeply healing for me and allowed me to forge ahead in my life with less ache and more belonging. Huge! You all were a giant part of helping me feel safe in expressing these newfound parts of myself and I am forever indebted to you. What a gorgeous and generous fanbase! Thank you from the most loving and grateful parts of my heart. , jonny (link in bio!)

well, after that huge outpouring of ENCYCLOPEDIA adoration and BLUE SKY BOY love, you’ve finally convinced me to play some ENCYCLOPEDIA songs live. Which ones should we play? our North American tour starts Oct 30th in McAllen Texas. ☎️ Will i see you, my love?

BLUE SKY BOY ( an Encyclopedia era B-side ) OUT NOW! ☎️

This week we are celebrating 10 years of the misunderstood, but deeply loved weirdo of an album: Encyclopedia. I offer you Blue Sky Boy, a song that is left over from that strange period of my life. It was finished sometime between the wrapping up of Encyclopedia and before I started work on Abysmal Thoughts, but due to the upfront synthesizer placement, it felt like it leaned more Encyclopedia. From the moment we started making music as The Drums we were dubbed surf rock by many a fan and critic. For our third album, we wanted to pull away from that and pull towards our first love : synthesizer music, which is what initially bonded Jacob and I when we met at a sad little summer camp as preteens. Up until The Drums all we had ever made was electronic music so this was our homecoming album. and of course, it was our least appreciated, our most overlooked, the least seen- which is exactly how we both felt as preteens - when we were first falling in love with making synthesizer music while the rest of the world was going gaga over Nirvana. It all makes so much sense to me. It had to be this way. This was also my last album with Jacob and as I write this, I feel a lump form in my throat. Jacob is someone that I deeply loved and deeply needed, and who I looked to as a guide, both musically and otherwise. when I turned to guitars to start The Drums, he stayed with his synthesizers mostly. He was beautifully stubborn that way. Maybe he carried a deeper knowing about what would make him the most happy. Maybe we both subconsciously knew that he would be leaving soon and so instinctively we made space for him to go wild on his giant modulars for this album. (Listen to Wild Geese , A Jacob Graham masterpiece). I’ll always feel love for him and I’ll always miss him and the love and enthusiasm we shared. I’ve never found a friend to replace Jacob and I’ve never tried. I just let that hole sit there empty because he was absolutely singular. The lyrics on Blue Sky Boy became my own private pep rally to myself at a time when my musical ride or die had just said goodbye. I hope you enjoy it. love, Jonny (link in bio)

My heart is bursting seeing all these Portamento testimonials! keep them coming gang! Happy 13 years to Portamento

happy 15 years to my firstborn - recorded on a dirty carpet using found and sometimes broken equipment, zero guitar amps ( too poor ), and the same stolen microphone for every other sound and vocal. I never once properly tuned the guitar the entire time of recording- i felt like the songs were coming way too fast for that - for bass gtr sounds, i blended gtr and synth bass to equal levels. I feel so far away from these songs and from that boy… and still there is love. which track is your go to? I want to hear from you, Jonny

Is Portamento a huge album in your life? Care to share with Jonny? Send us a video testimonial of how what Portamento means to you and Jonny will pick some to post here on Instagram throughout the week as we celebrate Portamento’s 13th anniversary!

Behind every authentic artist is an authentic human. The moment I met @yungatita , I knew they were the real deal. Come see them open for The Drums on our North American tour this fall ! Tickets at drums.com/shows

BUENOS AIRES - TONIGHT! I WILL SIGN MERCHANDISE AFTER THE SHOW! Cant wait to see you, Jonny. pics: @ayumikranzini

SÃO PAULO - TONIGHT - VIP STATION - I WILL SIGN MERCHANDISE AFTER THE SHOW. See you there, Jonny