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3 August 2026 – Jonny Pierce Launches Abysmal Records With Mareux Collaboration
By Editorial Team - August 3, 2026
Summary
The Drums' Jonny Pierce launches independent label Abysmal Records with darkwave single 'It Didn't Matter', a collaboration with Mareux.
Key Facts
- The Drums' Jonny Pierce launches independent label Abysmal Records.
- Debuts with single 'It Didn't Matter' featuring darkwave artist Mareux.
- First entry in a six-month collaborative release series leading to a 2027 Drums album.
- Entities: Jonny Pierce, The Drums, Mareux, Abysmal Records, It Didn't Matter
- Tags: jonny-pierce, the-drums, mareux, abysmal-records, darkwave, post-punk, it-didnt-matter
The Drums’ Jonny Pierce has launched a new independent label, Abysmal Records, with 'It Didn’t Matter', a collaboration between The Drums and Iranian-American darkwave artist Mareux in darkwave and post-punk.
The single begins a planned six-month sequence of collaborative releases created during sessions Pierce has hosted over the past two years. Mareux’s synthesizer work pulls The Drums toward a colder post-punk atmosphere while preserving the melodic directness and emotional vulnerability that have defined Pierce’s writing.
The label has been conceived as a space for experimentation and for emerging artists selected personally by Pierce, rather than as a conventional extension of an established band campaign. Each collaboration will be allowed to stand independently before the series eventually leads toward a new Drums album expected in 2027.