Today, January 19th, French psychedelic rock outfit SLIFT release their Sub Pop debut, ILION, on CD/LP/DSP. ILION launches SLIFT even deeper into the cosmos, merging the furious intensity of metal and the wigged-out guitar heroics of psych-rock with post-rock’s epic sense of scale.
The band is brothers Jean and Remí Fossat and Canek Flores. Formed in 2016, SLIFT quickly made an impression on rockers worldwide with their 2017 debut EP, Space Is the Key, and the following year’s full-length La Planeté Inexplorée. In 2019, their KEXP session recorded at the Trans Musicales festival became a viral sensation, racking up more than 1.5 million YouTube views and setting the stage for their acclaimed 2020 space-rock opus, UMMON, and a subsequent limited-edition 7” for the Sub Pop Singles Club.
SLIFT will embark on a mammoth UK & EU tour beginning February 23rd in Brighton, UK, and ending April 6th in Marseille, France. The band’s 2023 KEXP performance is a tantalizing taste of the band’s live powers, which merge earth-rattling volume, cosmic soundscapes, and psychedelic visuals into a mind-bending, glorious experience. See below for a complete list of dates.
Fri. Feb. 23 – Brighton, UK – Chalk
Sat. Feb. 24 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
Sun. Feb. 25 – Dublin, IE – Whelan’s
Mon. Feb. 27 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell
Wed. Feb. 28 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
Thu. Feb. 29 – Lille, FR – Aéronef
Fri. Mar. 01 – Paris, FR – La Cigale
Sat. Mar. 02 – Saint Malo, FR – Route du Rock Hiver
Wed. Mar. 13 – Toulouse, FR – Bikini
Fri. Mar. 15 – Nantes, FR- Stereolux
Sat. Mar. 16 – Rouen, FR – 106
Mon. Mar. 18 – Bruxelles, FR – Ancienne Belgique
Tue. Mar. 19 – Utrecht, NL – Tivoli Vredenburg
Wed. Mar. 20 – Cologne, DE- Club Volta
Thu. Mar. 21 – Groningen, NL – Vera
Fri. Mar. 22 – Hamburg, DE – Gruenspan
Sun. Mar. 24 – Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
Mon. Mar. 25 – Gothenburg, SE – Pustervik
Tue. Mar. 26 – Oslo, NO- John Dee
Wed. Mar. 27 – Stockholm, SE – Hus 7
Sat. Mar. 30 – Berlin, DE – Lido
Mon. Apr. 01 – Leipzig, DE- UT Connewitz
Mon. Apr. 02 – Stuttgart, DE – Wisemann Club
Tue. Apr. 03 – Esch Sur Alzette, LU – Kulturfabrik
Wed. Apr. 04 – Zurich, CH – Mascotte
Thu. Apr. 05 – Lyon, FR – Epicerie Moderne
Fri. Apr. 06 – Marseille, FR – Espace Julien