The War on Drugs are having the biggest year of their career so far with the release of this spring's Lost in the Dream. The band has also been subject to the curious venom of Mark Kozelek—also having a huge year with his Sun Kil Moon LP, Benji—but they've been quiet about it so far. Now, the War on Drugs' Adam Granofsky has finally shared some thoughts on the whole debacle in an interview with Songs for Whoever.
For those not keeping up, here is the SparkNotes version: Kozelek was pissed that a War on Drugs festival performance bled into his simultaneous set at a different stage, and called their music "beer commercial lead-guitar shit." It culminated in him writing a song called "War on Drugs: Suck My Cock". (Read Perfect Pussy singer Meredith Graves' essay about why this song is problematic here.)
In the Songs for Whoever interview, Granofsky first jokes that he's "never heard of" Kozelek. He then explains that he tried to contact Kozelek via email, and almost agreed to perform with him, until Kozelek made a snide comment conflating War on Drugs with Starbucks-rock:
Read our feature on the War on Drugs and watch them play "Red Eyes" in Spain: