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The Drood are an experimental rock band based in Denver, Colorado featuring singer/guitarist/keyboardist Nathan Jamiel, percussionist/sampler/noise-artist Daniel Watts and bassist/guitarist Hayden Peltier.

Overview
Described as "a dark psychedelic prog band with punk-intensity" their music touches on elements of industrial, post-rock, garage, ambient, electronic, synthpop, post-punk, progressive, jazz, noise, pop, and goth rock, with a distinctly experimental/avant-garde bent and a touch of wry humor.

The band have worked with Randall Frazier of The Legendary Pink Dots, A Star Too Far and Orbit Service and have collaborated with Dead Voices On Air and have released two full-length albums and several singles and music videos.

History
The Drood was formed in 2012 by the members of the band In Better Senses. For the first few years the band recorded and performed with a number of musicians and worked with Randall Frazier who helped promote and book shows for the band in Denver.

In 2016 the band released their first full-length self-titled album The Drood on CD followed by the EP SINGLES on CD and the digital singles and music videos Charles Mangrove and Psychosphere. In 2019 the band performed live supporting The Legendary Pink Dots at a sold-out Halloween show in Denver

In 2020 the band released their second album Totally Comfortable™ on CD and LP and in 2021 they performed live on The Local Shakedown radio show broadcast on Radio 1190.

In 2022 Nathan and Daniel backed Mark Spybey as the band for Dead Voices on Air for a mini US tour. The single White Nights a cover of the Psychic TV song was recorded live in Austin, TX and in the studio by The Drood and Dead Voices on Air. The live version features a guest appearance by Curse Mackey and SINE. Both versions and a live video of the song filmed at the concert were released by Emergency Hearts records. The Drood also collaborated that year with video artists Tom Nelsen on two music videos for the singles It Must Needs Wither and Psychic Institute and performed live on the Kabaret radio show broadcast on KGNU.

In 2023 the band released the single and music video for Hallow.