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The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient (Black Vinyl) Alternative Music The record ups the anteThe War On Drugs conjure an ambling drone that conceals real pop hooks and allows classic rock colours to seep through. Main man Adam Granduciel gets plenty of Dylan comparisons, but Slave Ambient feels like a more back alley Byrds filtered through a gauzier Spacemen 3 lens. The chugging "Your Love Is Calling My Name" drives that road for six blissful minutes, but their best song, "Baby Missiles" in a different version here than on 2010's Future