Drugstore
Often hard to pin-down and wrongly bundled along their 90's contemporaries,… Read Full Bio ↴Often hard to pin-down and wrongly bundled along their 90's contemporaries, Drugstore have always quietly stood away from the pack, led by Brazilian songwriter and bassist Isabel Monteiro.
Had anyone actually thought about it, Drugstore should have been branded Alt-indie-country - as Isabel’s smoky vocals and pitch-dark lyrical subject matter, coupled with the band’s minimalist, melancholic guitar and string arrangements, stick them firmly in the lovelorn, caustic company of Low, Dusty in Memphis and Leonard Cohen.
Throughout the band's eventful career (although Isabel prefers to describe it as an adventure rather than a professional enterprise), the band have landed 2x top 50 album charts and a top 20 single.
Drugstore's music nimbly hops over the ages, from 1920s Berlin cabaret through the French chanson tradition, via The Velvet Undergrounds woozy melodic charm and Tom Waits’bar-room badinage, across PJ Harveys earnest intellect and The Bad Seeds’rumbling, angry melancholia, with an intoxicating mix of heartfelt and carefree disarming vérité.
The band was formed in 1993 when Isabel Monteiro and american drummer Mike Chylinski got together via a flat-share in East London. Soon after their self-financed debut single ‘Alive’ was released, and having only performed a handful of gigs, the band signed a major deal with maverick label GoDiscs.
The single immediately draw an unprecedented amount of attention, earning the band their first of many 'single of the week' in Melody Maker, Music Week, Q and others.
Another 2 critically acclaimed albums followed: White Magic for Lovers’, in 1998, which features the top 20 sinle ‘El President’, a duet with Thom Yorke – and ‘Songs for the JetSet’, released in 2001.
In the summer of 2001, while the band were in the middle of promoting the 'Songs for the Jetset' album, to the surprise of band members and dismay of the Record Company, Isabel suddenly decided to 'walk away from it all' and the band went into hibernation.
8 years later, in 2011, Isabel Monteiro reappeared with the semi-acoustic intimate album ‘Anatomy’, released by RocketGirl and partly financed by the fans.
In 2013 the band teams-up with London based label Cherry Red Records, for the release of a 'Best of' compilation, released on September 2013, which includes tracks spanning the band’s 20 year career and 4 albums.
The band now plays special gigs, and Monteiro is currently writing material for a new album.
Had anyone actually thought about it, Drugstore should have been branded Alt-indie-country - as Isabel’s smoky vocals and pitch-dark lyrical subject matter, coupled with the band’s minimalist, melancholic guitar and string arrangements, stick them firmly in the lovelorn, caustic company of Low, Dusty in Memphis and Leonard Cohen.
Throughout the band's eventful career (although Isabel prefers to describe it as an adventure rather than a professional enterprise), the band have landed 2x top 50 album charts and a top 20 single.
Drugstore's music nimbly hops over the ages, from 1920s Berlin cabaret through the French chanson tradition, via The Velvet Undergrounds woozy melodic charm and Tom Waits’bar-room badinage, across PJ Harveys earnest intellect and The Bad Seeds’rumbling, angry melancholia, with an intoxicating mix of heartfelt and carefree disarming vérité.
The band was formed in 1993 when Isabel Monteiro and american drummer Mike Chylinski got together via a flat-share in East London. Soon after their self-financed debut single ‘Alive’ was released, and having only performed a handful of gigs, the band signed a major deal with maverick label GoDiscs.
The single immediately draw an unprecedented amount of attention, earning the band their first of many 'single of the week' in Melody Maker, Music Week, Q and others.
Another 2 critically acclaimed albums followed: White Magic for Lovers’, in 1998, which features the top 20 sinle ‘El President’, a duet with Thom Yorke – and ‘Songs for the JetSet’, released in 2001.
In the summer of 2001, while the band were in the middle of promoting the 'Songs for the Jetset' album, to the surprise of band members and dismay of the Record Company, Isabel suddenly decided to 'walk away from it all' and the band went into hibernation.
8 years later, in 2011, Isabel Monteiro reappeared with the semi-acoustic intimate album ‘Anatomy’, released by RocketGirl and partly financed by the fans.
In 2013 the band teams-up with London based label Cherry Red Records, for the release of a 'Best of' compilation, released on September 2013, which includes tracks spanning the band’s 20 year career and 4 albums.
The band now plays special gigs, and Monteiro is currently writing material for a new album.
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Drugstore Lyrics
Accelerate This life reminds me of a carousel Going all the way…
Alive I feel the time is coming I walk into the night Oh,…
Allegro Ma Non Troppo I'm allegro ma non troppo Dove la, dove la felicità? I'm a…
Anesthesia It was dark On that road to heaven As she watched A thous…
Baby Astrolab My baby astrolab Let's go and take a walk outside Before i…
Baby Don I know it's hard When the evening starts Fading And your gui…
Can't Stop Me Now Can't Stop Me Now Tied down, wasting could never let me go I…
Devil You turn your back on your own flesh You got a…
El President Yeah yeah ya Came from the skies Burst through the gates Wit…
Electric Light Do you ever wake up Without a reason? Do you ever wish…
Everything a Girl Should Have I could buy me a castle in a country spot And…
Fader I'm gonna dig myself a hole And get my head inside I'm…
Favorite Sinner When God comes to me I will be shaking Gun loaded on…
Flying Down to Rio One day We'll be flying down To Rio Where every day The …
Get Inside My Head Can you see the shimmer Of the rings on my fingers Of…
Gravity Funny how the stars look far away And it makes me…
Hate Once There was a time When you could trust And everyone w…
Heart of Honey I'm feelin' fine I close my eyes And let the world go We'…
I Don't Wanna Be Here Without You There was a time when we were young and true We…
I Know I Could I feel stained and I'm in pieces In my mouth the…
I Wanna Love You Like a Man I want to take control And I want to take…
If If I could have my way with you I would make…
Injection Tonight, I need a good injection Get away from babies littl…
Little Girl Little girl Your life has only begun Little girl Try to g…
Livia Nothing is certain Nothing is right As I pull down the curta…
Mondo Cane You can get your life stolen and die in the…
Navegando I've been running around And I'm tired I can feel the grou…
Nectarine I love your blue eyes I'm gonna tell you a story I…
Never Come Down Sun gets in your eyes So you turn away Another sunny day Goe…
No More Tears No more tears and no more pain I'm gonna go up…
Offside Hey Glen Hoddle, looks like you're in trouble And England i…
Old Shoes I was singing this song, it's time it was sung I've…
perfect movie You could make the perfect movie You could hold the gun And…
Saturday Sunset We're down to the last stop Heading for nowhere With you wal…
Say Hello To all the crazy people who are walking in the…
She Don't Use Jelly I know a guy who goes to shows He makes me…
Slide So, goodbye I hope the place you're going to, is fine Every…
Sober Well I'm So scared I might fall down I'm feeling sober now B…
Solitary Party Groover I'm gonna keep my heart safe In a special place I'm gonna…
Song for Pessoa How sweet is the dreamers night To wipe everything clean In …
Song for the Lonely All dressed to die Underground Behind the clock That liberat…
Spacegirl Spacegirl, you had enough on this ground Well take another d…
Speaker That baby's going to heaven That baby's going to heaven…
Starcrossed Every day, you make me want to lose myself I forget…
Sugar Sugar Hoooney, hoooney, Sugar, ah my honey honey, yeah, You are my…
Super Glider There's a star for every one The sun got lost in…
Superglider There's a star for every one The sun got lost in…
Sweet Chili Girl Barlow Girl barlow Girl average Girl So what I'm not your…
The Adventures Of Isabel Once Isabel met an enormous bear Isabel, Isabel didn't care …
The Funeral I want to seemountains of snow in July …
The Night The Devil Came To Me It was a cold night in December With a strange rain…
The Party Is Over Daron: Another party's over Everybody's gone away I shoul…
Thin Air Guess that is all I have to say It's time to say…
Tips for Traveling There's a big black cat coming down the street And a…
Wayward Daughter If you could see the morning light Coming through this wint…
What Every Girl Should Know When you wish upon a star Don't tell him maybe Even when…
When The Bottle Is Dry Everybody's talking about my drinking Like everybody knows h…
White Magic for Lovers Leave a candle by his doorstep With a snapshot of his…