Drift Sunday Digest: 10th January 2021
He’s got no style, he’s got no grace. He’s banal and facile, he’s a fat waste of space. Hello, Friends.Today marks the fifth anniversary of David Bowie’s death. Five years. Man...
Records of the Week: Viagra Boys, Aaron Frazer, Nailah Hunter, Hilang Child and Eli Winter.
The first new releases of 2021, a set of killer new titles for your consideration. Hello, Friends.Our first Record of the Week for this new year is Introducing..., the super smooth debut...
2020 In Numbers
What a year 2020 has been, does it look any better in numbers? Seeing how popular 2019's facts, figures and conjecture post was (it's almost like you all care more about...
Shipping through December and January
With Christmas lights twinkling, we're heading fast into the twin troubles of both the ever-escalating pandemic and also Brexit, in whatever form it takes. We're reacting continually over here, but we...
Drift Sunday Digest: 20th December 2020
Hello, Friends.Well, here it is... Merry Christmas. We have spent hours and hours (so you don't have to) navigating the Rat Pack, Elvis, hours of Spector sound and all sorts of minor Christmas...
Making mighty fine coffee with your v60 rig
Knowing that you all know how much we love a fresh cup of coffee, and seeing as we have some serious kit in the shop for your own home set...
Chord X (Big Love Sampler)
A selection of songs chosen by Peel Dream Magazine. The band's superb Agitprop Alterna LP is our № 10. Deluxe Record of the Year. Bookishly smart, this is no borrowing of ideas, it's...
December/January Hours at Drift
All we know, is we really don't know... We'll keep updating this post, but as per guidelines we are currently closed in Totnes, but permitted to have you safely come...
Records of the Week: Paul McCartney, James Blake, Anna von Hausswolff, Lanterns On The Lake and Jon Hopkins.
Welcome to the 51st week of 2020, our last batch of new releases and reissues. As it happens it's a pretty darn good set, lots of different directions, which is...
Drift Sunday Digest: 13th December 2020
Sunday fascinations that mostly avoid Christmas... it can get a bit OTT else right? Hello, Friends.Earlier this week it was announced that Bob Dylan has sold his entire 600+ song catalogue to Universal...
Records of the Week: The Avalanches, OSEES, Tim Heidecker, Sturgill Simpson, Snow Palms, Boris with Merzbow and Aluna.
Hurtling through December with another killer batch of newness. Hello, Friends.Record of the Week is an out-of-season hot-swooner from The Avalanches. Actually, they're based in Melbourne which has a sunny 19° forecast, so this makes...
Records of the Week: Alex Maas, Com Truise, Arctic Monkeys, Richard Norris and Tom Sanders.
A chilly howdy from Drift, with new releases to warm your stereo. Hello, Friends.Our first Record of the Week for December is Luca, the solo debut LP from Alex Maas of The Black Angels. Such...
Discover slightly longer reads with an anthology of our favourite ‘Sunday Classic’ albums.
NOVEMBER
Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
Our November Record of the Month is Nobody Loves You More, the first full-length album from cult musician and legit cultural icon, Kim Deal.
FEATURE
The La’s - The La’s
One of the best eponymous albums ever. One of the finest debut albums ever. One of the most genuinely timeless albums ever.
SEPTEMBER
Kit Sebastian - New Internationale
The sound of early Autumn 2024 is very much the swirling and evocative combination of Anatolian rock and vintage global grooves…
FEATURE
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
The iconic second LP from A Tribe Called Quest. An absolute classic of murky beats, hazy samples and bubbling lyrical flows.