Name: Drift
Brand: The Men

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SBR191lp

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Black Vinyl. Includes download code.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-03-02

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

616892555742

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Men

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Sacred Bones Records

Drift is the seventh full-length by NYC rock polymaths The Men.

On Drift, The Men return to their longtime label Sacred Bones Records and explore the openness that Devil Music helped them find. The immediately evident result of that exploration is the experimental quality of much of the material on Drift. Songwriters Mark Perro and Nick Chiericozzi chase their muses down a few dozen thrilling rabbit-holes over the course of the album’s nine tracks. The songs on Drift veer in a number of directions, but notably, almost none of them feature a prominent electric guitar. The lone exception, Killed Someone, is a rowdy riff-rocker, worthy of the finest moments of the band’s now-classic Leave Home and Open Your Heart albums. The rest of the album drives down stranger highways. Secret Light is an improvisation based on an old piano riff of Perro’s. Maybe I’m Crazy is a synth-driven dancefloor stomper for long after last call. Rose on Top of the World and When I Held You in My Arms are paisley-hued, psyched-out jams with big, beating hearts. The album was recorded to 2" tape with Travis Harrison (Guided by Voices) at Serious Business Studios in Brooklyn. A whole pile of instruments was involved — synths, strings, sax, steel, harmonica, tape loops, on top of the usual guitar, bass, and drums. Unlike recent releases from The Men, there aren’t many overdubs on Drift — a reflection of the personalities of its makers becoming less frantic, Chiericozzi suggests. In fact, the band removed a lot of the additional parts they tried adding early on, giving the final product a bit of a ghostly feel. The songs on Drift took giant leaps and trips from their beginnings only to find the band returning to the first spark of creation.

LP - Black Vinyl. Includes download code.

LP+ - Indie exclusive deep drift colored vinyl. Includes download code.

Drift

Music US