{"product_id":"slift-ilion-loser-edition","title":"SLIFT - ILION ('Loser Edition')","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2LP - Standard Edition Black Vinyl housed in a Gatefold jacket with custom dust sleeves. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSLIFT\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eILION\u003c\/em\u003e is a towering work of rock music, a steamrolling record that starts at the highest peak and never lets up. If that sounds overwhelming, trust that this Toulouse trio have you in good hands. Their third full-length feels massive and oceanic, merging the furious intensity of metal and the wigged-out guitar heroics of psych rock with post-rock’s epic sense of scale. \u003cem\u003eILION\u003c\/em\u003e is the kind of music where you listen to it and think to yourself, “This came from only three people?” It sure did, and SLIFT’s utter ferocity is way more than a tempest in a teacup. It reaches outwards for miles and creates new zeniths within unforeseen horizons of rock.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSLIFT is made up of brothers \u003cstrong\u003eJean\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eRemí Fossat\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eCanek Flores\u003c\/strong\u003e, who first met the brothers Fossat at (of all things) school. After the band formally came together in 2016, they quickly made their 2017 debut EP, \u003cem\u003eSpace Is the Key\u003c\/em\u003e, which merged stoner rock’s heaviness with the sugar-rush qualities of garage rock. From there, things only got weirder: The trio experimented with faster tempos and bongos(!) on the following year’s full-length \u003cem\u003eLa Planeté Inexploreé\u003c\/em\u003e, and in 2019, their KEXP session recorded at the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes became a viral sensation, racking up more than 1.4 million YouTube views.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUMMON\u003c\/em\u003e from 2020 represented SLIFT’s pivot towards the celestially crushing confines of psych-metal, marked by Remí’s rolling basslines and Flores’s relentless skin-pounding. But nothing in their already-estimable catalog could prepare you for ILION, a huge-sounding and melodically dense record that at once recalls Godspeed! You Black Emperor’s perpetually uplifting surge, the passionate burn of post-hardcore legends …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Led Zep’s psychotic blues-rock mysticism, and the psychedelic swirl of Swedish experimental greats Goat.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut reducing \u003cem\u003eILION\u003c\/em\u003e to a list of reference points would be missing the point—specifically, that you really have to sit down and experience this thing and let it take over your ear space. The record marks the band’s second \u003cstrong\u003eSub Pop\u003c\/strong\u003e release, following last year’s Singles Club 7” release of “\u003cem\u003eUnseen\u003c\/em\u003e” b\/w “\u003cem\u003eThe Real Unseen\u003c\/em\u003e,” which were outtakes from the UMMON sessions and offered a mere taste of the pure expansiveness on display here. Over eight tracks and 75+ minutes, SLIFT unleash the fury with walls of guitar and multi-part song structures that make you feel as if you’re being taken on a true journey—from the pure oblivion of ILION’s title track and the stretched-out abandon of centerpiece “\u003cem\u003eWeavers’ Weft\u003c\/em\u003e” to the intense climax of the 12-and-a-half-minute epic “\u003cem\u003eThe Story That Has Never Been Told\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut what is this journey? To hear SLIFT tell it, \u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Campbell\u003c\/strong\u003e would be proud of the thematic path laid out before the listeners on \u003cem\u003eILION\u003c\/em\u003e, which is named after the Ancient Greek word for the city of Troy and, conceptually speaking, picks up where \u003cem\u003eUMMON\u003c\/em\u003e left off: “This is an album constructed in the manner of a Homeric story,” the band explains. “Where the two records differ is that \u003cem\u003eILION\u003c\/em\u003e is about human emotions and feelings, whereas \u003cem\u003eUMMON\u003c\/em\u003e was telling an epic story with a distant view. \u003cem\u003eILION\u003c\/em\u003e represents the fall of humanity and the rebirth of all things in time and space.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHeavy shit, to be sure—but fear not, because you don’t need a 12-sided die and a copy of The Odyssey to get what SLIFT are dishing out on \u003cem\u003eILION\u003c\/em\u003e. All you need are two ears, an open mind, and the willingness to be truly blown away.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Blackened Red Marble Vinyl","offer_id":47199274107225,"sku":"SDZ-32058","price":32.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Slift_-_Illion_-_2LP_Loser_Edition_Blackened_Red_Marbled_Vinyl_-_2023.jpg?v=1696421269","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/slift-ilion-loser-edition","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}