{"product_id":"slift-ilion-loser-edition-on-double-blackened-red-vinyl","title":"SLIFT - ILION (Loser Edition on Double Blackened Red Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSLIFT’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe band is made up of brothers Jean and Remí Fossat and Canek Flores, who first met the brothers Fossat at school. After formally coming 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. \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 \u003cem\u003eILION\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut reducing \u003cem\u003eILION\u003c\/em\u003e to a list of reference points would be missing the point. The record marks the band’s second Sub Pop release, following last year’s Singles Club 7” release of \u003cem\u003eUnseen \u003c\/em\u003eb\/w\u003cem\u003e The Real Unseen\u003c\/em\u003e, which were outtakes from the \u003cem\u003eUMMON\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eILION\u003c\/em\u003e’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the Ancient Greek word for the city of Troy and, conceptually speaking, \u003cem\u003eILION \u003c\/em\u003epicks up where \u003cem\u003eUMMON\u003c\/em\u003e left off: “\u003cem\u003eThis is an album constructed in the manner of a Homeric story,\u003c\/em\u003e” the band explains. “\u003cem\u003eWhere the two records differ is that ILION is about human emotions and feelings, whereas UMMON was telling an epic story with a distant view. ILION represents the fall of humanity and the rebirth of all things in time and space.\u003c\/em\u003e” Heavy shit, to be sure, but fear not, because you don’t need a 12-sided die and a copy of \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"352\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/13eFPkUHYAhYQ7uSSm9It3?utm_source=generator\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53266508906760,"sku":"SP1626X","price":33.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/4581\/9656\/files\/a0712164230_10.jpg?v=1770415611","url":"https:\/\/shopmusicandriots.com\/products\/slift-ilion-loser-edition-on-double-blackened-red-vinyl","provider":"Music And Riots ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}