The War on Drugs’ music is hard to categorize, but its influences are fun to identify: a little Springsteen here, some Dire Straits there, a pinch of New Order. But “Slave Ambient’’ is no ’80s nostalgia trip. It’s a rock album that mixes 30-year-old influences with the deep, hazy production of indie synth-poppers like M83.
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About David Brusie
David Brusie is a Boston-based writer and musician. He is a writer for and co-founder of Music (for Robots), and his reviews, interviews, and essays have appeared in The Boston Herald, The Boston Phoenix, The A.V. Club, City Pages, Tiny Mix Tapes, and Vita.MN.