The Drood

The Drood is a US based experimental psych-rock band from Denver, Colorado featuring Nathan Jamiel, Daniel Watts, and Hayden Peltier. With a captivating blend of industrial, post-rock, and psychedelia The Drood offer a provocative experience for fans of the avant-garde. Their eclectic nature has led them to explore a wide range of styles including dance, noise-rock, ambient drones and ballads, and they are not afraid to inject a touch of wry humor into the mix.

Active for over a decade The Drood have released a number of LPs, EPs and singles and have produced a string of music videos both self-made and from film-makers like Drummond West, Sense from Nonsense and Wizardhead. The band has worked along-side a number of musicians including Big City Orchestra and Randall Frazier (of The Legendary Pink Dots and Orbit Service) and have collaborated on a number of releases with Dead Voices On Air (the solo project of Mark Spybey, founding member of Download, Zoviet France, and Beehatch), with Nathan and Daniel playing as the backing-band for a special 2022 DVOA tour.

The Drood perform rarely and mostly in their home state, but have appeared live on a number of local and international radio stations including 1190, KGNU and DFM Radio TV and were the sole supporting act for Itchy-O, opening for an audience of over 2,000 in 2023 at Levitt Pavilion Denver.

The trio returned to form with the release of their fourth LP The Book of Drood in March 2024 featuring nine tracks of cinematic, serpentine psych-tinged art-rock, after their previous 2023 ambient and noise-inflected album Superposition.

History

2024

• Released the fourth full-length album The Book of Drood.
• Released the single and music video Static Time in collaboration with monster animator Wizardhead.

2023

• Collaborated on the release of the Dead Voices On Air album :jamiel:spybey: released by RE:MISSION ENTERTAINMENT.
• Nathan played a live solo Drood set at the Mutiny Information Cafe in Denver in support of Cellista.
• Performed an experimental improv set with Big City Orchestra live on the UB Radio Salon show on DFM Radio.
• Nathan played a live solo Drood set in the UK in support of a Dead Voices On Air performance.
• Performed live at the Levitt Pavillion, Denver in support of Itchy-O.
• Appeared on the compilation album Cyber Cosmos V5 released by Emergency Hearts records.
• Released the third full-length album Superposition on Emergency Hearts records.
• Released the single and music video Hallow on Emergency Hearts records which was featured on Post-Punk.com.
• Featured on episode 86 of the Mysteries of Ub television show.
• Dead Voices On Air released a remix of The Drood song It Must Needs Wither.
• Steve Marsh released a remix of The Drood song It Must Needs Wither.

2022

• Performed live on the Kabaret radio show broadcast on KGNU.
• Performed live supporting The Legendary Pink Dots at a sold-out show on the Denver stop of their 2022 US tour.
• Daniel and Nathan backed Mark Spybey as Dead Voices on Air for two special US performances in Denver and Austin.
• Released the single White Nights in collaboration with Dead Voices On Air, a Psychic TV cover song.
• Released the single and music video Psychic Institute.
• Released the single and music video It Must Needs Wither.

2021

• Performed live on The Local Shakedown radio show broadcast on Radio 1190.
• Released the full-length album Totally Comfortable™ on 12" 180g vinyl.
• Performed live at Lost Lake in Denver.

2020

• Released their second full-length album Totally Comfortable™.

2019

• Performed live supporting The Legendary Pink Dots at a sold-out special Halloween show in Denver.
• Released the EP SINGLES.
• Performed live at Remixed Gifts.

2018

• Headlined a sold-out Saturday night show at Ophelia's Electric Soapbox, one of Denver's most sought-after live venues, to much success.
• Released the single and music video Psychosphere.
• Released the single and music video Charles Mangrove.
• Performed live at The Lions Liar in Denver.
• Performed live at Three Kings in Denver.

2016

• Released their first full-length album The Drood (self-titled).
• Performed live at Globe Hall in Denver and released the live video for 3 For Falling which was recorded at the show.

2014

• Performed live at The Walnut Room in Denver at three separate shows.

2013

• Performed live at The Walnut Room in Denver at two separate shows.
• Began experimenting, collaborating and recording with various artists including keyboardist Tara Earl and guitarist Fletcher Williams among others, and Orbit Service and its pilot Randall Frazier helped introduce The Drood to Denver.
• Stuart Mizrahi left the band.

2012

• Established by vocalist and guitarist Nathan Jamiel percussionist Daniel Watts, bassist Hayden Peltier and keyboardist Stuart Mizrahi as a side project to their primary live electronic band In Better Senses which was already a mainstay of the experimental, noise and industrial music scenes orbiting the Denver-based Backwards Records.