The Drought is the fourth full-length album by Danish experimental musician and composer Frederikke Hoffmeier under the moniker Puce Mary.

"[4] Similarly, Bob Cluness of The Quietus stated that "uses genre motifs of noise and industrial music not so much to bombard the listener with adolescent fantasies of power, transgression and provocation, but instead to look at such violence as possessing empathy based on action and transformation.

[5] According to the press release, the record "demonstrates an intention to expand on the vocabulary of confrontational music and into a grander narrative defined by technical and emotional growth."

"[8] Daniel Martin-McCormick of Pitchfork thought that Hoffmeier's voice "brings The Drought together, giving the album a sense of movement and purpose beyond a set of well-executed mood pieces."

[4] Resident Advisor's Marc Masters wrote that The Drought "deftly navigates unpredictable freedom and domineering control," regarding the it to "be compelling because Hoffmeier is so clearly in charge.