As we reported last week, The Drones have a new EP/Retrospective coming out on 22nd September followed by a new studio album Havilah which due to arrive around January 2009. Both discs will feature ‘The Minotaur’; a sludgy brute of a song. Check out the video below.

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On September 2nd, Australia’s The Drones will release the digital version of their limited edition picture disc, The Minotaur + A Brief Retrospective via ATP Recordings. The EP includes a selection of tracks from their Australian Music Prize Award nominated Gala Mill (2006) and AMP Award winning LP Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005). Also featured is ‘The Minotaur’, a song that will find itself on the band’s highly anticipated fourth studio album, Havilah (releasing early 2009).

Recorded in a mud brick house somewhere in the mountains outside of Myrtleford, Victoria, ‘The Minotaur’ is a lusty and brutal blitz, that over three and a half minutes, manages to draw the historical line between ancient Greek mythology and current-day time-wasting.

Download ‘Baby2′ originally released on Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By at the bottom of the post.

The Drones will be touring the US throughout August and September including All Tomorrow’s Parties New York with My Bloody Valentine, Shellac and Built to Spill.

August 13 - 3 of Clubs - Los Angeles, CA
August 18 - Spaceland - Los Angeles, CA
August 24 - Tractor Tavern - Seattle, WA
August 28 - Hemlock Tavern - San Francisco, CA
August 31 - Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA (w/ Polvo & Trans Am)
September 13 - Piano’s - New York, NY
September 20 - Kutshers Country Resort - Monticello, NY (All Tomorrow’s Parties)
September 21 - Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA *
September 22 - The National - Richmond, VA *
September 23 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC *
September 24 - Ram’s Head Live - Annapolis, MD *

* w/ Built To Spill, Meat Puppets

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