Whoo! I tell you what, I love this fucking feeling. A guttural scramble of a guitar riff? A guys bellowing over the top like he's somehow trapped underneath the guitar riff and he needs you to rescue him? A chorus where all the dramatic stakes zoom upward? An extended trippy breakdown, followed by an even heavier riff? That's the good shit. "The Day Of Execution," the latest track from the French power trio Slift, is like the wind in your hair on a sunny day.
I guess more accurately, "The Day Of Execution" is what might happen if Torche attempted to go prog, while keeping all their ferocity intact. I mean that as a high compliment. "The Day Of Execution" is the latest single from Slift's upcoming LP Fantasia, and it makes me really want to hear the album. We already posted lead single "A Storm Of Wings." That song was good. This one is better.
In a press release, Slift say, "'The Day Of Execution' is about the effect of time passing on each and every one of us, and about memory loss. It portrays the nostalgia that creeps into us as time goes by. Fantasia is such an ancient city that it no longer remembers itself, and this gradually alienates its inhabitants." Check out director Ben Amos Cooper's fantastical animated video and Slift's tour dates below.
TOUR DATES:
5/07 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ A Colossal Weekend Festival
5/26 - Bucharest, Romania @ Control Club
5/27 - Sofia, Bulgaria @ Club Pave
5/28 - Thessaloniki, Greece @ Soul
5/29 - Athens, Greece @ Arch Club
5/30 - Larnaca, Cyprus @ What The Fuzz Festival
6/05 - Tampere, Finland @ Ankea Festival
6/18 - Vannes, France @ Festival Echopark
6/19 - Clisson, France @ Hellfest
6/27 - Lärz, Germany @ Fusion Festival
6/29 - Paris, France @ L'Olympia
7/03 - Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France @ Festival Beauregard
8/08 - Josefov, France @ Brutal Assault Festival
8/15 - Carhaix, France @ Motocultor Festival
10/06 - Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
10/07 - New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge LPR
10/08 - Washington, DC @ The Atlantis
10/09 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
10/10 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
10/11 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
10/13 - Chicago, IL @ Outset
10/14 - Saint Paul, MN @ Turf Club
10/16 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird
10/20 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos
10/21 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
10/23 - San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
10/24 - Los Angeles, CA @ Pacific Electric
11/17 - Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France @ Le Bikini
11/18 - La Rochelle, France @ La Sirene
11/19 - Nantes, France @ Stereolux
11/20 - Rennes, France @ Antipode
11/23 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
11/24 - Groningen, Netherlands @ Vera
11/25 - Hamburg, Germany @ Knust
11/26 - Berlin, Germany @ Lido
11/27 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Subzero
11/28 - Frankfurt, Germany @ ZOOM
11/30 - Zurich, Switzerland @ Plaza
12/01 - Milan, Italy @ Circolo Arci Belleza
12/02 - Villeurbanne, France @ Le Transbordeur
12/03 - Strasbourg, France @ La Laiterie
12/04 - Brussells, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
12/05 - Lille, France @ L'Aeronef
12/08 - Dublin, Ireland @ Academy Dublin
12/10 - Manchester, UK @ GORILLA
12/11 - Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
12/12 - Bristol, UK @ Thekla
12/13 - London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall
2/03 - Porto, Portugal @ M.OU.CO
2/04 - Lisbon, Portugal @ República de Música
2/05 - Madrid, Spain @ Copernico
2/06 - Madrid, Spain @ Wolf
Fantasia is out 6/5 on Sub Pop.
