What's it take to win The War on Drugs talent show? Find out in the "Red Eyes" video. - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart
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Philly space rockers The War on Drugs are often seen as unsmiling, super-serious vibe-wranglers. But they’re actually pretty funny dudes.

When they’re not getting the candid long-form profile treatment in Grantland or crafting records full of dramatic atmospheres (Lost in the Dream, their latest, comes out on Secretly Canadian on the 18th), they let their sense of humor shine through now and again. There was the hysterical and beer-addled “How to End an Argument” interview on Noisey a year and a half ago. There was the band’s basketball banter on ESPN. And now there’s this music video for “Red Eyes.”

Produced by local video crew Woodshop Films, the playful-as-heck video finds WoD-ers Robbie Bennett, Adam Granduciel, Charlie Hall and David Hartley sitting on the judges’ panel of a Gong Show-esque talent competition. The watch, nonplussed, as a magician fumbles cards, a hula-hooper dances, a sad clown stands there all sad, and a few other things before one young competitor steps to the stage and blows them away. Check it out below. War on Drugs headline Union Transfer on their album release day, March 18th. Get tickets and more information at the XPN Concert Calendar.

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