Getting into the Delian Mode
We've known about this one for a while, but we couldn't shout too much as we knew they'd sell out before they had even arrived.This weekend we took stock of a...
Esben and the Witch at Drift
Early next month (September 8th) Esben and the Witch release their third album, A New Nature, their first on their own Nostromo Records. They are clearly stoked at the results as they let...
Instore: Wytches bring the surf psych
We're stoked to announce that The Wytches will be playing a live instore show at Drift on Saturday 30th August. Their debut album will have just landed via Heavenly and the...
Lewis. A tale of love and romantic times
The Light in the Attic label have the habit of releasing earworms. Historical earworms, the kind of albums that have been lost in the shelves of record collectors and storage...
Coming next month, NehruvianDOOM
You need only to take the most casual of all strolls around the Drift shop and website to get that we are massive DOOM fans. Always have been, whatever those...
Music for the body from Bitchin Bajas
This August is an un-typically heavy month of releases, so even more opportunity to overlook a release like Bitchin Bajas' self-titled new album on Drag City. As the 12 minute...
Primitive And Deadly. Earth announce their return, we lose our minds.
This September, one of the most important active bands (certainly to us) in the world will release their tenth studio album, titled 'Primitive And Deadly'.So this in isolation is already...
Never meet your heroes, unless they happen to be brilliant people.
This past weekend, our very good friends at Caught by the River invited us to open the Drift rolling shop with them at the Port Eliot Festival in mythical St Germans....
MAY
Record of the Month: Mdou Moctar - Funeral For Justice
Politically pertinent, socially frenzied and sonically wild, Mdou Moctar’s Funeral For Justice is absolutely vital.
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Hiroshi Yoshimura - Green
One of the most beautiful albums that we’ve ever heard; Green doesn’t just create a mood, it is an entire world of serenity and imagination.
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Drift Recommends
Staff curated and updated weekly, this is all the new things and all the old things that have been getting loads of plays at Drift.
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Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Released in September 1970, Curtis is the eponymous solo debut from Curtis Mayfield, an album soothing soul and biting social commentary.
