Fantasia (Vinyl 2LP, Mustard Yellow)
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SLIFT have turned the dial up to eleven for their fourth effort. Out on Sub Pop, Fantasia sees the french outfit stripping back their once‑sprawling jams in favour of a leaner, more direct attack. Written collaboratively, the material took shape in the trio’s long‑standing rehearsal space before being captured at Daft Studios in Belgium. Heavy psych, doom, free jazz and classic rock all land without clutter and with the blade truly sharpened, this one will leave a mark on your turntable. - Flying Out
In the technical sense, every previous album by the radiant and heavy French trio SLIFT has been a fantasia—a composite of genres and forms that allowed the band to improvise, to jam on themes until they seemed to spiral together into space. Their acclaimed third album, 2024’s Ilion, was a sci-fi story built with 10- to 13-minute exploratory escapades, often starting with doom metal or stoner rock before spinning freely into glorious instrumental oblivion. But, in a bit of intentional irony, SLIFT’s fourth album is actually called Fantasia. It’s their leanest and most direct record to date. It is also their most riveting album yet, a pointed saga about overcoming international upheaval delivered by a band bearing down, not wasting a single second in the process.
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