Slift Announce First US Tour Dates
Ostensibly, French uptempo heavy psych/space rockers Slift will be coming to the US to support 2020’s Ummon (review here), and fair enough. That record landed with an immediate impact crater and I’m already hearing bands working off their influence in trying to make the cosmos dance to their righteous interstellar punk.
Given these dates are in the Fall, and that Slift were playing new material live this Spring, it’s that much easier to wonder if a new album announcement is coming. Feasibly an LP could arrive in late September in time for the tour to start, and with momentum from pre-album hoopla on their side, they’d be that much better off, but they’re hardly short on hype as it is, so maybe the right move for them is hold the next record back until 2023 and give it its due. If past is prologue with things like this, they’ll announce the record, like, tomorrow and I’ll feel like a dope for having just posted about the tour.
But that will happen when it happens. Or doesn’t. Or whatever. Slift coming to the States feels like a big deal, in no small part because they don’t seem like the kind of band who are only going to do so on a one-and-done basis, and at very least it’s an occasion worth marking. Dear posterity: this was the first time Slift played in the US. Their coming was anticipated.
From social media, this:
Oï !
STOKED to announce that we’ll be playing in the US for the very first time this fall !!!
TICKETS at bit.ly/SLIFT-USTour
We never thought we would ever cross an ocean to play music when we started this band but hey, here we are !
Thank you very much to all the people involved in this tour, and to you all for your continuated support. It’s gonna be loud !
See you on the other side.
THU 23 JUNE – SUN 26 JUNE
Hellfest Extended 2022
Clisson, France
FRI 24 JUNE – SUN 26 JUNE
Rock In Bourlon 2022
Bourlon, France
THU 11 AUGUST – SAT 13 AUGUST
SonicBlast Fest 2022
Viana Do Castelo, Portugal
FRI 19 AUGUST – SAT 20 AUGUST
Check-In Party 2022
Saint-Laurent, France
FRI 19 AUGUST – SUN 21 AUGUST
Motocultor Festival 2022
Saint-Nolff, France
WED 28 SEPTEMBER
The Echo
Los Angeles (LA), CA, US
SAT 1 OCTOBER
Desert Daze Festival
Palm Springs, CA, US
SUN 2 OCTOBER
Brick & Mortar Music Hall
San Francisco, CA, US
FRI 7 OCTOBER
The Crocodile
Seattle, WA, US
SAT 8 OCTOBER
Doug Fir Lounge
Portland, OR, US
SUN 9 OCTOBER
The Shredder
Boise, ID, US
TUE 11 OCTOBER
The HQ
Denver, CO, US
WED 12 OCTOBER
The Bottleneck
Lawrence, KS, US
THU 13 OCTOBER
Reggie’s Rock Club
Chicago, IL, US
FRI 14 OCTOBER
Rumba Cafe
Columbus, OH, US
SAT 15 OCTOBER
The Bug Jar
Rochester, NY, US
MON 17 OCTOBER
Sonia
Cambridge, MA, US
TUE 18 OCTOBER
Elsewhere
Brooklyn, NY, US
WED 19 OCTOBER
Metro Gallery
Baltimore, MD, US
FRI 21 OCTOBER
Asheville Music Hall
Asheville, NC, US
SAT 22 OCTOBER
The Earl
East Atlanta, GA, US
SUN 23 OCTOBER
The Abbey
Orlando, FL, US
Poster art by CAZA.
SLIFT are:
Jean Fossat : guitar, vocals, synth
Rémi Fossat : bass
Canek Flores : drums
https://www.facebook.com/sliftrock/
http://slift.bandcamp.com/
http://stolenbodyrecords.co.uk/
http://www.viciouscircle.fr/
