The War on Drugs - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) 

It's now Feb. 2020 and this is still my favorite band....I am 67 yrs. old and haven't heard anything this good in years and years....

Checking this out again in 2024 and gets better every time. It’s the best version of Eyes To The Wind on RU-vid. Others are far too fast. This is perfect 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

Whoever the sound engineer is here should be commended. The audio is just phenomenal!

I fucking love Cheryl's energy! :)

Because 3 years and apparently no one has does this yet that I can see: Tracklist: An Ocean In Between The Waves - 0:33 Eyes to the Wind - 8:27 Red Eyes - 22:17 Suffering - 28:31

Cheryl's such a fangirl for this interview, I can't stop giggling at how star struck she is.

Thank you Cheryl! THANK YOU CHERYL!

the performance of Ocean in between the Waves should be in the Live Music hall of fame. Cheryl kept it way more together than I ever could.

The pacing is what makes this music special. The way it manages to patiently wait, and build, and then hit in ways that are both unexpected and just right.

They look like a bunch of dads who were nerds in high school came together to make a band and they weren't very good. Then at like a reunion the stoner dude who used to bully them reconciles with them and they get him to join the band, they turn awesome, start writing amazing music together, and the rest is history.

an ocean in between the waves is amazing song

I love how Adam matches Cheryl's enthusiasm every time he thanks her. He's genuinely happy for the recognition, and clearly doesn't expect how big they would soon become. And that comment about the employees having kids and Adam wearing the same clothes he was in five years earlier hits hard, haha. I think a lot of artists, and adults in general, can appreciate the sentiment behind it.

Drummer is solid, which is key given their sound is so rhythm driven. Awesome.

bless her sheryl says "im overwelmed" she is right it is such beautiful sound they have love this band

December, 2023. Just seeing this video for the first time. Love the War on Drugs. Only discovered them the last couple years. And just now discovered KEXP. On a roll. Right on.

KEXP is like the Old Grey Whistle Test of our generation. Sucha plethora of talent to be heard.

This must be one of the best performances in radio ever.

Thank you Cheryl!

6 years later and l’d stil feel as baffled as cheryl having this masterpiece performed in front of me. 🤘

He seems like such a lovely guy. Seriously.

0:31 An Ocean In Between The Waves 8:27 Eyes To The Wind 22:12 Red Eyes 28:32 Suffering

It’s 7 years ago and I’ve read just about every comment over the countless times I’ve watched this video. I can’t believe how I haven’t seen a comment regarding Adam’s ability to answer questions coherently and thoughtfully while still constantly tuning his guitar. This guy is and always has been a musical bad ass as well as genius.

I had a dream last night. I stranded on a deserted island. I had this dream a lot the past years. This music suits my time on the island very well.

Just a bunch of dudes giving there all and producing the goods for one amazing album, this is a blistering live version, fuck the comparisons, this is here, this now, this is " The War On Drugs!

dire straits...Bob Dylan. ..The Band...man this is one killer band that is a mirror reflecting legends...awesome

God damn it, this is the best album I'll hear in my entire life.

This video is a happy place for me, I don´t know hoy many times I´ve watched it.

best band around right now. If lost in the dream came out 30 years ago it would be an held as a classic and would sit in many top 100 album of all time lists, unfortunately this type of music doesn't quite reach the masses as it once did though

I'm 60 years old, been a passionate music lover since 12. Would listen to Yes and Queen and blue oyster cult and Alice cooper and black sabbath... Always looking for meaning. This puts me in that mind frame. Love it. Gonna put my headphones on and get stoned

Cheryl is a true delight.

Never listened to them before. Dig the spacey pads 'n' such. Feels like standing in a field with the wind blowing by. Neato.

Had an apartment facing Stubbs in ATX and got to watch their shows for free from my balcony for years. This was a standout performance for us. My wife (then, fiancé) and I just kept the door open and laid on the couch while the music filled our living room. Learned a lot about the bands that are good live and the bands that require heavy production to be good. These folks rocked.

met the frontman, adam, before their show in Denver at The Bluebird last week. even took a picture with him. super cool dude, incredible album, and an amazing show.

how they're able to perform live to this standard I will never understand. They are singlehandedly keeping music alive. Ok maybe not singlehandedly but they are contributing in a big way.

Cheryl is so sweet here. I love her.... And the music is dope. 👍

It is december 2020 and I’m still here for the first 2 tracks. Such quality! Greetings from The Netherlands.

That we are able to watch such wonderfully captured performances of artists in HD for free in 2019 is more amazing that we typically take the time to recognize. The audio and video quality on this is stunning, and it's such an amazing capture of an amazing performance. No, I'm not high on ecstasy. I just really like this. ha.

Cheryl is such a wonderful person. Her enthusiasm for music is inspiring.

Andy 'Nard-Dog' Bernard killing it on the drums

I am from Manchester U.K, love this station and everything they do, case in point, what a great portal for fantastic proper music!

She's a fan.

I wonder how can someone not like this.

Please. PLEASE. Release this shit as an album. All of WOD's performances at KEXP. The band need to release them as a blu ray or something. Playing them on RU-vid through a phone etc doesn't unlock how magical these performances truly are. Some very talented people recorded and mixed this.

Guitar solos that give me the FEELS....

best KEXP performance ever

This is one of those bands that comes around once in a few years and you just can't get enough of it!

I wouldn't exist anymore without this perfomance. Since 2014, they helped to find myself.

Hail to the drummer for keeping that stuff going 7+ minutes!!!

"Thank you Cheryl!"

Still watching - and loving- this set a year and a half later. What a performance, what a record! Cheryl loves this!

their newest album is an album that is so underrated. it will take years until it is truly appreciated. love these guys. amazing sound.

Wow just discovered this band. Going to play this for my girl tonight. Much love from Bangladesh.

This time my username seems inappropriate, lol.

Everyone always talks about the amazing audio, but the film is great as well. Seeing how each musician performs and reacts to one another, with perfect timing, angles, focus, lighting. Just pure production perfection on KEXP bravo

I cried listening to An Ocean In Between the Waves while driving the other night. No idea why but it just caught me.

It's cool to see some good old classic Dylan esque soft rock.

This live version of "An Ocean In Between The Waves" is still the best, again and again

This music is so beautiful, in particular Eyes to the Wind took me to another world. I love it so much.

The snare sound is what keeps the 70s vibe. Brilliant drummer!

God damn, i love Cheryl Waters' enthusiasm!

I first heard this record when I was depressed and going through my divorce. I connected with it instantly and its really hard for me to not name it my favorite record of all time. So while I could never pick a truly favorite single record, I can't pick one that I like more than lost in the dream either. This is a record that changed me and got me through the worst of times. Thank you Adam and the war on drugs. I'll always love this band.

I friend put me on to this band yesterday and I played most of their albums last night via Spotify, then bought them all, uploaded them to iPod, iPhone, iPad and to my car this morning and have not stopped listening. Simply outstanding. The first track on this video: 'An Ocean Between the Waves,' is a favourite along with Under The Pressure. Good luck to the band.

Can´t stop listening to these guys!

Cheryl Waters, pure love

What is it that happens around 9:05 that gives me the chills every single time? The way the band just sort of steps down is just so damn satisfyingly perfect.

I just love the emphasis on simple instrumentation to carry the sound. Keyboards: wow.. brings me back to the 70's with dudes like Tony Banks from Genesis. I'm not comparing the two but enjoying how integral each instrument becomes to TWOD's sound.

Thank you, Portsmouth England.

i would die for cheryl waters

cannot believe that I have just discovered this band.

Best album by anyone this year so far. Infinitely listenable and never gets old. Stunning work.

The jury's work is clear and it was very easy. The meeting took a fluffy nanosecond. Album of the year is "Lost In The Dream 'with The War On Drugs and justification reads:" An album that sounds Petty, Dylan, Springsteen and Mike Scott float on a bed of seamless ambient, Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized and yet all the time signals in 2014 can not be other than the year of issue. We the jury cheer for proof that the classic rock album alive and flourishing. Fun "

This boys and girls is real music.

Whoever does their sound should be congratulated.

this sounds so much better than the record. I hate today's productions which often take the soul out of the music...not even talking abt mp3

well Line, i'm 66 and this all sounds real new to me...and yes i hear dylan and i hear neil young.. talent and skills never cheat - - - a fantastic album

this is the most i have listened to an album since in rainbows

Fast tempo but still melancholy. Fucking love it.

father many a year listening to metal i have just turned to this kind of music and i love the depth, the almost majesty of the music and the warmth and humble nature of the people who play it.

I love this session. he looks like the bad guy of the breakfast club

I love her enthusiasm for this band! Though, if you just want the music: An ocean between the waves: 0:33 Eyes to the wind: 8:27 Red Eyes: 22:17 Suffering: 39:32

Ahhh that non reverse firebird is beautiful!

Wow... Just stumbled across this and am absolutely in love with the sound of this band. Leave it to KEXP for the best live recordings.

'Just happy to be out of the van...' Love it.

Imagine coming onto a radio show and casually opening your set with that rendition of ocean in between the waves. No words for how good it is.

Thanks Cheryl, Thanks War. Thanks KEXP. we are lucky to have the stars line up so often when KEXP studio is available. The sound is perfect. Never heard much War stuff before but am now a fan.

I share Cheryl's excitement about this band. I picked up their current CD a couple of weeks ago and have been listening non-stop. I even bought four more for gifts. Best "new" band I've heard in a very long time. I'm pushing 70 and went to Woodstock in '69, so I've literally covered a lot of music territory. There is just something very special about these guys.

War On Drugs is playing in Amsterdam in concert on November 2, 2017 live...such an incredible concert with many of these songs like An Ocean In Between The Waves and Eyes To The Wind in their set...Keep on living free Adam...

The best KEXP video period.

Everything sounds excellent at KEXP. 👌⏯

I welled up with tears of joy,fucking amazing band

its nice to know, good ole rock n roll still lives somewhere, cuz it aint on the radio !

Thank you Cheryl

blown away...the perfect mix of Petty, Dire Straights, and Dylan for me...these guys have to come east coast for a show...would be there in a heartbeat!!!

Charlie makes the best faces drumming

love how human and fun Cheryl can be! haha Cheryl we love youuuuuuuuu!

Amazing performance by the band "The War On Drugs", American band, psychedelic rock-Americana music, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2005, with emphasis on the songs, "An Ocean In Between The Waves" and "Red Eyes". Worth.

Not been as blown away by an album since OK Computer. Love this band.

Ahah Cheryl is so moving ! And she definitely got the best job on earth

One of the best live performances I have ever seen. The introductions to each song, the little guitar flutters, absolute magic.

i love listening to these guys stoned whilst cleaning my place.. cool band