These days I think of the Sub Pop roster as hip, eclectic, and a little bit soft, but Slift get me back in touch with the label's hard-hitting origins. Not that the French trio plays grunge, but their heavy psych, with its gnarly guitar riffs and barked-out lyrics, is raw and explosive in a way that makes me think about the Pacific Northwest's punk-metal hybrids of yore.
Tolouse's finest linked up with Sub Pop for 2024's Ilion, and they'll follow it up this June with a new one called Fantasia. The band produced it, and Converge's Kurt Ballou mixed it. Lead single "A Storm Of Wings" wrings tension and beauty out of chugging low-end and strategic effects pedals. Hear it below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Fantasia"
02 "Corrupted Sky"
03 "The Village"
04 "A Storm Of Wings"
05 "Orbis Tertius"
06 "Waiting Man"
07 "The Day Of Execution"
08 "Secret Mirror"
Fantasia is out 6/5 on Sub Pop. Pre-order it here.
