Last time we spoke with The Drums‘ Jonny Pierce, we bonded over a mutual love for The Sound of Music and…er, overthinking. That was when he was releasing his firtst album as a one-man-band. Now he’s back with new music and a whole lot less clothes!

On 13th October, The Drums release their sixth album, Jonny, via ANTI- records. The newest single to drop sees the group return to their joyful, happy, indie pop roots with ‘Isolette‘ – a song which sees Jonny retreat to the comfort of the incubator.

“My mother experienced what is referred to as a birth trauma when she was pregnant with me,” says Pierce about the inspiration for ‘Isolette.’ “A doctor broke her water without her consent, and she immediately went into painful, traumatic labor. I was born prematurely. They rushed me into an incubator where no one was able to touch me. Over the course of the pandemic, I took a lot of psych courses. In child psych, I learned that it is of utmost importance for a mother to have skin contact with her baby. It’s fundamental for bonding. We didn’t have that. The love and trust you get from that initial bonding influences how you feel love and trust in future relationships. My mother had been violated at the time of my birth and I believe I became a symbol of that trauma. She detached from me emotionally, so on many levels I often feel like I never really left the isolette.”