In the leadup to the release of the Drums' second album, Portamento, Pierce has sounded dismissive of the band's general career trajectory, claiming that they don't 'have a very long shelf life as a band' and that they came close to breaking up this past June following 'a lot of shouting matches.' Accordingly, that grim outlook is reflected in their most recent work. I'm not interested in knowing what he's up to.' It was only a few months' time before Pierce was referring to Kessler's departure as a 'blessing in disguise' in UK newspaper The Independent: 'We don't know what he's doing or anything. At the tail end of 2010, guitarist Adam Kessler left the band under circumstances that were clearly less than amicable the band's website stated that the remaining members were 'devastated' and were 'keeping to themselves and friends at this time.' Two weeks later, lead singer Jonathan Pierce told NME that the band had composed 'the best song we've ever written' the day after Kessler's departure.

Like any good TNT show, the Drums know drama.

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