French psych rockers SLIFT have released their latest single “Nimh” as the second single from their third studio album, “Ilion“. Sub Pop Records have that affair slated for a January 19th release date. The band said of this latest offering from it:
“‘Nimh‘ is the second track on the record; it follows ‘Ilion‘. It’s a piece that talks about men’s slow but certain descent towards total madness. To illustrate this, the song tells the story of the drift through space of a ship, the ‘Nimh,’ and its crew, which is made up of leaders of huge corporations and anyone who has accumulated a lot of money on Earth.
They set off for what they think will be a new world but never arrive at their destination. The gods of Time are facetious. The song is sung by the people left on Earth, prophesying this failure, abandoned to live on this barren planet entering the last millennia of its existence. As surprising as it may seem, we had Nina Simone in mind when writing a good part of the piece, especially the second part. To support the song’s subject, we also pushed our psych-rock towards bands like Converge.”
02/23 Brighton, UK – Chalk
02/24 Manchester, UK – Gorilla
02/25 Dublin, IRE – Whelan’s
02/27 Leeds, UK – Brudenell
02/28 London, UK – Electric Ballroom
02/29 Lille, FRA – Aéronef
03/01 Paris, FRA – La Cigale
03/02 Saint Malo, FRA – Route du Rock Hiver
03/13 Toulouse, FRA – Bikini
03/15 Nantes, FRA – Stereolux
03/16 Rouen, FRA – 106
03/18 Bruxelles, FRA – Ancienne Belgique
03/19 Utrecht, NET – Tivoli Vredenburg
03/20 Cologne, GER – Club Volta
03/21 Groningen, NETR – Vera
03/22 Hamburg, GER – Gruenspan
03/24 Copenhagen, DEN – Loppen
03/25 Gothenburg, SWE – Pustervik
03/26 Oslo, NOR – John Dee
03/27 Stockholm, SWE – Hus 7
03/30 Berlin, GER – Lido
04/01 Leipzig, GER – UT Connewitz
04/02 Stuttgart, GER – Wisemann Club
04/03 Esch-sur-Alzette, LUX – Kulturfabrik
04/04 Zurich, SWI – Mascotte
04/05 Lyon, FRA – Epicerie Moderne
04/06 Marseille, FRA – Espace Julien
