2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

Presented by: BMI

Drowners

Thursday, March 17
1:00AM - 1:50AM

Artist-5028

Listen to Luv, Hold Me Down

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In the late summer of 2011, Drowners frontman Matthew Hitt found himself in New York City. “I just like the way things look here. I like the way things are done here. I like how late everything happens,” says the Welsh native. New York’s signature up-all-night energy courses through Drowners’ self-titled debut, but there’s a sweet melancholy to the album as well. “The early songs came out really short – I thought, well, I’ve already sung the chorus twice I don’t need to do it again, that’s what makes it a chorus! I think that being in New York influenced what I was trying to do with economy in song structure and instrumentation. It’s like, here’s what I’m trying to say. Okay, I said it. Now it’s over. Onto the next one.”

Gallivanting around downtown, Hitt also met likeminded souls, including future bandmates Jack Ridley III (guitar, vocals) and Erik Lee Snyder (bass). While Hitt is responsible for the elegantly understa...

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