Already with the third album Lost In The Dream from spring 2014 The War On Drugs achieved the long-awaited and well-deserved breakthrough. The album received great reviews and appeared at the top of almost all annual best lists. Musically, the band ranged from Krautrock to Americana, with critics and fans hearing influences from Bruce Springsteen to Neil Young.
The new album A Deeper Understanding, released in August 2017 on Atlantic Records, not only entered the German album charts at #12, but like its predecessor, can be found in high positions in many annual best lists of audiences and music editors. In April 2022 the band comes to Berlin and performs on the stage of Verti Music Hall.