Raw Honey (CD)
Drugdealer
Amoeba Review
08/31/2020
Drugdealer’s second album, Raw Honey, is filled with existential AM Gold, lush indie ballads, and weirdo pop. Michael Collins, the man behind the band, has enlisted a ragtag team of fellow travelers for this one, with guest vocalists Dougie Poole (“Wild Motion”), Harley Hill-Richmond (“Lonely”), and Natalie Mering of Weyes Blood (“Honey”). Dreamy, polished, and quirky, the melodies sound like the Laurel Canyon scene meeting the Yacht Rock crew in a gritty LA underground club. Essential listening for fans of boundary-pushing indie artists who refuse to take the world at face value.