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Slift Post “Lions, Tigers & Bears” Live Video; Ummon to See US Release

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Let’s face it, rhythmic tension has been a getoff for freaks looking to shake ass since the first caveweirdos started banging on the walls. Is what French heavy psych trio Slift bring to the space-surf boogie of the 16-minute “Lions, Tigers & Bears” any different? Well, it’s got reverb, if that’s what you mean. One way or the other, the shouts of its verse capture a proto-punk freedom amid all that urgent swirl, and the band indeed get the crowd — and the camera — moving in the new video, all vim, vigor, piss, vinegar, and direct-to-the-cortex vibe. Hey man, you wanna be special? This shit’ll make you special.

Slift released their oh-my-thank-you-very-much full-length, Ummon (review here), through Stolen Body Records and Vicious Circle Records in the just-pre-global pandemic early going of winter 2020, and “Lions, Tigers & Bears” is the lengthy closer of that substantial offering at 13 minutes in its studio version. The live take featured in the video below — recorded in the trio’s native Toulouse — on March 7, which was not a week before France went on lockdown owing to COVID-19. It’s safe to assume that, for many if not most in the crowd, this was the last show they attended before entering the world of banned-mass-gatherings, social-distancing, and hoarding toilet paper that marked this demented Spring.

Is that a lurking sense of doom in the high contrast black and white shuffle? An extra note of panic in the flashing lights I detect? Certainly these things are easy to read in retroactively — Slift powercharging through one last get-out before humanity hunkers down for months to watch waves of infections scroll by in unfathomable statistics. Europe is reopening now, tour dates being announced for the Fall. Is it wishful thinking? How much is lost? Shit if I know.

But hey, Ummon‘s gonna hit US shores this month, with Vicious Circle handling the North American release. Dig the tension ahead of time and have fun trying to get your head around it. Maybe you’ll get there. Maybe we all will.

Enjoy:

Slift, “Lions, Tigers & Bears” live video

French space psych trio SLIFT are about to release their new full-length ‘Ummon’ across the Atlantic Ocean this June via Vicious Circle.

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Heaviness, riffs, psychedelic, science-fiction… SLIFT’s progressive sound is a colourful and legendary journey to the edge of kraut and stoner rock. The live video “Lions, Tigers & Bears” highlights the band’s magnetic creativity as well as powerful and unearthly jams. Recorded at Mix’art Myrys in Toulouse, France on March 7th 2020. A video by Jeff Morlais.

From the many shows performed across Europe – sharing the stage with Jon Spencer, DeWolff or Mars Red Sky – to the KEXP session (recorded in December 2019 during Les Trans’ Musicales), the French trio launched an outstanding astral adventure. Their latest record ‘Ummon’ is a space odyssey about Titans, blending acid krautrock, cosmic jazz and powerful heavy saturated guitars. Out since February 2020 in Europe, the double LP is coming out this June for the very first time in the USA! More details soon.

In February 2020, SLIFT released their double LP ‘Ummon’. Delivered through Vicious Circle Records (France) and Stolen Body Records (UK), the album is coming out in the USA this June. Stay tuned!

SLIFT are:
Jean Fossat : guitar, vocals, synth
Rémi Fossat : bass
Canek Flores : drums

Slift, Ummon (2020)

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Slift on Bandcamp

Stolen Body Records store

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