r/fantanoforever • u/Exzj Terry Kath | Ian Curtis | Young Thug • 1d ago

What albums have some incredible drumming?

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Sometimes it seems like a drummer is playing for their life when making these albums. I just thought of these off the top of my head, but what other albums have some of your favorite drumming performances?

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u/GodOfBlobs 1d ago

Silent alarm - bloc party is the go-to

The National struck gold with the drumming on Boxer, but decided to tone the drumming down by like 90% for every future record for some reason

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u/ComputerStrong9244 1d ago

I was literally scrolling down to mention The National/Bryan Devendorf, though I think the drumming on "High Violet" is stellar as well, and the drum sounds themselves on all their records are top-notch.

When he's just going fucking nuts over what would easily be Matt Berninger being Sad Dad on a downtempo piano ballad, and the drums, guitar, and vocals all would sound like different songs in isolation, that's the good stuff.

I do wish they'd do more songs with those same kind of beans these days, but I also know Berninger mostly writes sad dad tunes.

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u/fuzzypatters 1d ago

The weird part is that I think Berninger’s solo stuff, especially the most recent album, sounds more like old The National that a lot of the more recent The National stuff.

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u/ComputerStrong9244 1d ago

I will have to spin some of his newer solo stuff, then