With The Drumsâ new Abysmal Thoughts, band founder Jonny Pierce is making the exact album heâs always held in his heart. Of course, this is The Drums, so that heart is brokenâbut thereâs beauty and even bliss in this kind of heartbreak, as well as that special kind of glorious delirium that comes from taking everything life can throw at you and still walking away triumphant. If Abysmal Thoughts doesnât sound at all abysmalâreally, Pierce has rarely been this irresistibly popâthatâs because this is a story about how to figure out what happiness means once the worst has already happened. âHappiness can be confusing to me,â says Pierce. âIt shows up out of nowhere, and before you can even get used to it, itâs vanished. But Abysmal Thoughts? I can rely on themâand with the political chaos that is raining down, who knows when these dark feelings will subside?â