SLIFT

The French trio SLIFT, comprising brothers Jean and Rémi Fossat and drummer Canek Flores, are known for their expansive and cosmic sound, in which psychedelia, krautrock and heavy riffs merge into long, meandering compositions. On earlier albums such as ‘UMMON’ and ‘ILION’, the band was guided by a sense of ‘fantasia’: free forms and genres that offered scope for improvisation, as if the music were being sent out into the cosmos whilst being played. Ironically, with their latest album ‘Fantasia’, the band takes a different path. This is their most direct and focused work to date, a tighter whole in which not a moment is wasted. The record unfolds as a sharp and compelling story about a world in turmoil, carried by a band that is audibly on edge. At the same time, it is a story of resilience and the rediscovery of autonomy, even when it lies deeply hidden. Support: You Doo Right