The War On Drugs ★★★★

Lost In The Dream (SECRETLY CANADIAN, 2014)

Taking classic ’80s rock motifs and lending them a trippy edge, Lost In The Dream was familiar yet unique. Red Eyes sounded like Don Henley’s The Boys Of Summer buzzed up on cheap bikers’ speed, Eyes To The Wind was pining balladry par excellence, while the last three minutes of the eight-minute-long drivetime rocker Under The Pressure beautifully dissolved into ambient noise.