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There are at least three bands called The Drones:

1. an Australian rock band of the 2000s
2. a British punk band of the late 70s
3. a British contemporary string quartet

1. The Drones are an Australian band that consists of vocalist/guitarist Gareth Liddiard, bassist Fiona Kitschin, guitarist Dan Luscombe, drummer Mike Noga and now keyboardist Steve Hesketh. The new album I See Seaweed will be available digitally and in store independently through MGM Distribution from March 1st 2013.

There’s a song near the end of I See Seaweed called ‘Laika’ about the dog who was shot into space, with no hope of return, in a Soviet experiment in 1957. It follows Laika as she is born a stray on the street, “fired into a canyon of polite applause” and then left drifting in orbit. For years songwriter Gareth Liddiard has been famous for writing about the Australian experience, but ‘Laika’ – like so many of the songs on I See Seaweed – is more universal than that. His focus has broadened, from colonialism to the human condition:
One day they’ll build her statue, put it in the yard
To show all the children and the palace guard
And one day all you children will be white dwarves too
You’ll cave under yourselves and become cruel, cruel, cruel.
It’s not the first time Liddiard has sung about space. ‘Penumbra’, one of the best tracks on Havilah (2008), was inspired by Buzz Aldrin and the Moon landing. That album was a slow burn – it took a few close listens to reveal itself. I See Seaweed isn’t like that at all.
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