Portamento (album)

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Portamento
File:Portamento.jpg
Studio album by The Drums
Released September 2, 2011 (2011-09-02)
Recorded New York
Genre Indie pop, new wave, post-punk revival
Length 45:17
Label Moshi Moshi / Island
Producer Jonathan Pierce, Jacob Graham, Connor Hanwick[1]
The Drums chronology
The Drums
(2010)The Drums2010		 Portamento
(2011)		 Encyclopedia
(2014)Encyclopedia2014
Singles from Portamento
  1. "Money"
    Released: August 19, 2011
  2. "How It Ended"
    Released: October 3, 2011
  3. "Days"
    Released: February 27, 2012

Portamento is the second studio album by American indie pop band The Drums. The album was released in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2011 through Moshi Moshi and Island Records and was preceded by the release of lead single "Money" on August 19.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
The Guardian 2/5 stars[3]
The Independent 2/5 stars[4]
musicOMH 4/5 stars[5]
NME 7/10[6]
The Observer 2/5 stars[7]
The Phoenix 2.5/5 stars[8]
Pitchfork 7.4/10[9]
PopMatters 7/10 stars[10]
Slant 4/5 stars[11]
Spin 7/10 stars[12]

Portamento received generally favorable reviews, with review aggregator Metacritic assigning an average critic score of 64 out of 100, based on 22 reviews.[13] Helen Clarke of musicOMH gave the album four out of five stars, saying, "With their second album The Drums are more absorbing than ever, and have created a record that will last far longer than their first."[14] Mike Williams of NME wrote, "With a little more self-censorship and less browbeating we'd be looking at one of the albums of the year," awarding the record 7/10.[15]

Singles

"Money" is the lead single taken from Portamento. The single was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2011. "How It Ended" was the second single released in the UK on 3 October 2011. "Days" was the third single from the album released in the UK on February 27, 2012.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Book of Revelation"   Jonny Pierce 3:31
2. "Days"   Pierce, Connor Hanwick 4:30
3. "What You Were"   Pierce, Hanwick 3:16
4. "Money"   Pierce, Hanwick 3:55
5. "Hard to Love"   Pierce 3:54
6. "I Don't Know How to Love"   Pierce, Hanwick, Jacob Graham 3:23
7. "Searching for Heaven"   Pierce, Graham 2:50
8. "Please Don't Leave"   Pierce 4:13
9. "If He Likes It Let Him Do It"   Pierce, Graham 3:52
10. "I Need a Doctor"   Pierce, Hanwick 4:17
11. "In the Cold"   Pierce, Hanwick 3:30
12. "How It Ended"   Pierce 4:19
Total length:
 45:17

Personnel

  • Jonathan Pierce – Vocals, Drums
  • Jacob Graham – Synthesizers
  • Connor Hanwick – Drums
  • Myles Matheny – Guitar

Charts

Charts (2011) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[16] 59
Spain (PME)[17] 44
Switzerland (Swiss Albums Chart)[18] 92
UK (The Official Charts Company)[19] 44
US (Billboard Top Heatseekers)[20] 10

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Ireland[21] September 2, 2011 Digital download Island Records
United Kingdom[22]

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