{"product_id":"ilion","title":"Ilion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSlift's\u003c\/strong\u003e \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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir 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 \u003cstrong\u003eSlift's\u003c\/strong\u003e utter ferocity is way more than a tempest in a teacup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt reaches outwards for miles and creates new zeniths within unforeseen horizons of rock. \u003cstrong\u003eSlift\u003c\/strong\u003e is made up of brothers Jean and Remí Fossat, and Canek Flores, who first met the brothers Fossat at school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the band formed 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUmmon\u003c\/em\u003e from 2020 represented \u003cstrong\u003eSlift's\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 catalog could prepare you for \u003cem\u003eIlion\u003c\/em\u003e, a huge 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 greats Goat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut reducing \u003cem\u003eIlion\u003c\/em\u003e to a list of reference points would be missing the point—specifically, that you have to sit down and experience this thing and let it take over your ear space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver eight tracks and 75+ minutes, \u003cstrong\u003eSlift\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 abandon of centerpiece “Weavers’ Weft” to the intense climax of the epic “The Story That Has Never Been Told.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut what is this journey? Joseph Campbell 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHeavy stuff, to be sure—but fear not, because you don’t need a 12-sided dice and a copy of The Odyssey to get what \u003cstrong\u003eSlift\u003c\/strong\u003e dishes 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","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"Yellow LPx2 | Rough Trade Exclusive","offer_id":50448216588619,"sku":"2057371","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50448217604427,"sku":"2057531","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Red LPx2","offer_id":50448217014603,"sku":"2057529","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50448217997643,"sku":"2057533","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Slift_Ilion_1500px_e05e7bc0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727087929","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/ilion","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}