Blog: AWmusic

The Drift hail from San Francisco, who recently released Memory Drawings (2008), the follow-up to their debut album, Noumena , which was generally well-received. Memory Drawings is the first I've heard of The Drift, but I'm definitely hooked. The Drift can't effectively be described to do them much justice, but they've definitely got the dub jazz post-rock thing going on. Deep bass lines, elongated trumpets, lingering guitar chords, awesome percussion that mixes with the fusion of jazz and rock. With tunes lasting from just under four minutes to as long as 11, [...]

• The Drift - If Wishes Were Like Horses