# The Drums & Mareux – “It Didn’t Matter”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-drums-mareux-it-didnt-matter/
- Published: 2026-07-31T17:54:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-01T00:50:28+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2507016/the-drums-mareux-it-didnt-matter/music/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- The Drums launch Abysmal Records with Mareux collaboration.
- “It Didn’t Matter” is a retro synth-pop song.
- More new Drums songs precede next year’s LP.

## Summary

The Drums have released “It Didn’t Matter”, a synth-pop collaboration with Iranian American alternative artist Mareux, as the first release on frontman Jonny Pierce’s new label, Abysmal Records. The song signals a retro electronic direction for the project and begins a planned run of new releases ahead of a Drums album next year.

Pierce said the track came together unusually easily and was inspired by the synthesiser-heavy music he loved as a teenager. Its lyrics centre on unreturned love, while Mareux contributes prominent synth textures; the pair alternate vocals and harmonise over keyboards, with guitar arriving near the end.

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