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Pirates Press Records is proud to give Seattle rockers The Drowns’ debut album View From the Bottom the proper reissue it deeply deserves.

With a debut album, a band generally hopes that one or two songs will stand the test of time, stick around long term, and give fans something to latch on to, relate to, and most importantly, want more of. View from the Bottom surpasses that marker handily. The Drowns came straight out of the gate guns blazing with the opening track and lead single “Eternal Debate,” which sounds just as relevant today as it did when originally recorded! In re-visiting the record, fan-favorite live set staples like the title track and buried treasures like “Faithfully, Faithless,” & “Overexposure” are just waiting to be re-discovered!

As a matter of fact, the entire album sounds better than ever thanks to the expert re-mastering job courtesy of legendary Seattle producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Murder City Devils…just to name a few)!

Since the initial release of this barnstorming debut LP, The Drowns have spent the last 7 years doing it their way, with the determination and drive not only to succeed, but to make music that matters. Every day, this band is grinding to bring their musical vision to life, and gaining new fans with every interaction.

This new version features all new art, with a minimalist, black on black spot-matte jacket with a metallic red foil stamped pitchfork paying homage to the original album cover photo. Following the original album closer “Darkness” is an encore of sorts in the form of a bonus track: a cover of “Satyagraha,” the opening track to hardcore punk legends 7Seconds’ monumental 1989 LP Soulforce Revolution. Articulate, vital, and aspiring for a better world, it is a fitting new coda that helps ensure that this is indeed the definitive version of the album fans already know and love.