The Drums @ Underground Arts.

The Drums kicked off their Encyclopedia World Tour last night at Underground Arts with a rousing performance that had everyone dancing to the melancholy emo-surf pop.

Their new album drops on September 23 (three songs are available for preview here). It’s good old-fashioned, moody, ’80s-era fun, much like their first two albums.

Jonny and the boys performed music from across all three albums, including a few songs they hadn’t played live since 2009.

The tour takes the band across the country, then to South America, Europe and Japan.