Johnny Pierce, frontman for The Drums, has released a brand new song and video for “I Didn’t Realize,” a track off his forthcoming debut solo album. Written, recorded and produced entirely by Pierce himself, the album will see the light of day in 2013.

Pierce on his first solo outing:

“Some might say it’s strange for a man to bare his soul the way I do on this album but I wanted to do something that exposed me for who I am even more so than anything I have done with The Drums … I wanted to be as self-indulgent as possible with this album. This is pop done the way I think it should be done.”