Hope For the Future Or I. Am. So. Fucking. EXCITED!!!

The War on Drugs, one of my absolute favourite bands and creators of my favourite driving album of all time Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian, 2008), made their television debut Tuesday night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. ?uestlove of the Roots (who moonlight as Jimmy Fallon's house band) even gives the War on Drugs an extra pair of hands on drums.

Although "Baby Missiles," as much as I like it, isn't a particular favourite War on Drugs song of mine (the same goes for everything else on their second album, last year's Slave Ambient), their performance on Fallon has honestly gotten me more excited to see them when they open for Sharon Van Etten at the end of March than anything else has. Maybe it's because in all of the live War on Drugs videos I've seen, they, to be blunt, haven't sounded very good, the details of their open road psychedelia diluted through sub-par sound systems or sub-par recording equipment, resulting in murky performances at best.

On Fallon, however, the War on Drugs is a rock-solid unit - a chugging bionic machine; you couldn't pry apart the sum. Front person Adam Granduciel's guitar skills, which don't quite translate in other live videos or really even on their albums, also really shine here. And has anyone else still yet to believe how similar Adam's and former War on Drugs member Kurt Vile's voices sound? Just uncanny.

The War on Drugs' amazing performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon makes it even more difficult for me to believe how much of a bargain their show with Sharon Van Etten will be.