Indie Rock from The Thing With Feathers

Based in Nashville, Tennessee, The Thing With Feathers are a band that transcends the typical style of an alternative rock outfit to foray into the indie pop and dance scenes with their entirely original sound. Formed by vocalist David Welcsh, Alex Hendricks on lead guitar and drummer Chris Roussell, the trio draw on their love for artists such as the 1975, Coldplay and The Strokes to create their own infectiously catchy, guitar-driven sound.

First making their entrance in 2019, they released their debut single with “Song of the Nighttime” which they’ve followed up with a string of well-received tracks and their first EP with 2022’s Sundays in the South. Making waves in Nashville and beyond, they’ve racked up millions of streams of their music on Spotify alone, while winning over live audiences with their swaggering performances of their grooving, hit tracks.

Capping a hugely successful 2022, they now bring us their latest release and final track from the year with their single titled “These Drugs”. Coming off the back of their wildly popular track “Waste My Revenge”, their latest single sees The Thing With Feathers lay down more of their trademark hook-filled indie pop sound.

The third single lifted from their forthcoming sophomore EP Waste My Revenge, “These Drugs” immediately caught the attention of fans and tastemakers the world over, landing in Spotify and Apple music editorial playlists upon release. Delivering their catchiest sound to date, with “These Drugs”, the rising Nashville band drops an instantly memorable anthem full of bright melodic leads and energising instrumentation to showcase the very best of their songwriting talent and build excitement for their upcoming second EP.

Commenting on the single, lead singer Dave Welcsh offers, “These Drugs is about toxic love. It’s about being in the worst part of a bad relationship. Where you know it’s over but you’re still hanging on for any hit of the high it used to be. It’s the slow death of an optimist, only living in glimpses of the past.”

Listen to These Drugs below