See The War On Drugs Play ‘Victim’ On ‘Austin City Limits’

This weekend’s episode of Austin City Limits devotes the full hour to The War On Drugs. Led by Adam Granduciel, the band’s second appearance on the long-running PBS live music program features a number of songs from their 2021 album, I Don’t Live Here Anymore, including the anthemic “Victim.”

The War On Drugs made their ACL debut in 2015. Last October, Granduciel and his bandmates took the stage at Austin’s The Moody Theatre for a taping that yielded cuts from both I Don’t Live Here Anymore and 2017’s A Deeper Understanding to air on the broadcast.

“Victim” develops from a rapturous swirl of drums, guitar, piano and synth into an all-out rocker complete with a frenetic solo by Granduciel. View both “Victim” and a web-exclusive performance of the Grammy-nominated I Don’t Live Here Anymore track “Harmonia’s Dream” below:

The new installment premieres on PBS this Saturday, January 28 (check local listings). Full episodes are available via PBS.org shortly after the initial broadcast.