From: Jessica Linker [email protected] Subject: The War On Drugs' A Nominated for Best Rock Grammy Award Date: November 28, 2017 at 11:47 AM To: [email protected]

November 28, 2017 For Immediate Release

THE WAR ON DRUGS RECEIVE BEST ROCK ALBUM GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATION FOR

The War On Drugs fourth full-length album, A Deeper Understanding, was nominated for Best Rock Album for the 2018 GRAMMY Awards this morning. This is the first GRAMMY nomination for the Philadelphia sextet. Released this past August via Atlantic Records, A Deeper Understanding was produced by bandleader and recorded in New York and Los Angeles with engineer (, ). It’s a “band record” in the noblest sense featuring bassist Dave Hartley, keyboardist Robbie Bennett, drummer Charlie Hall and multi-instrumentalists Anthony LaMarca and Jon Natchez.

Watch The War On Drugs perform “Thinking Of A Place” and “Holding On” at AFAS Live in Amsterdam (Nov. 2017) - https://youtu.be/x3puV_Op_Kk

“…the best American ‘rock’ band of this decade; it is certainly the one that makes the genre feel most alive.” — New Yorker "one of the best rock in years." -- SPIN "a twilight world in which to lose yourself.” -- Pitchfork “the most exquisitely well-produced rock album you’ll hear this year.” — Slate "the sound of a modern, low-key guitar hero who knows just when to lay back, and when to let rip.” — — Rolling Stone

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