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Mar 2, 2018Drift see’s songwriters Mark Perro and Nick Chiericozzi reflect on a decade of relentless experimentation to produce an album that truly showcases both their versatility as musicians and the many dimensions of The Men’s musical canon.
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Mar 2, 2018Wilfully experimental and typically fluid, Drift is an album that will keep you on your toes.
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Mar 12, 2018With the aptly-named Drift, the band manage to find even more sounds to try, while still hitting the sonic touchstones of their most notable work.
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The WireMar 1, 2018Drift is thoughtfully and firmly wistful, an acoustic fireside plainsong with odd interference from a distant radio and neurotic strings (“Sleep”) or, in the vein of a Yankee Tindersticks, practising delicate odes to the simple pleasures of touch, free time and, perhaps, the timefree. [Mar 2018, p.50]
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UncutFeb 28, 2018Drift captures frontman Mark perro in an unusually subdued mood. ... Drift risks seeming incoherent; no-one can say The Men ever fail to surprise, though. [Apr 2018, p.30]
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Feb 28, 2018By no small stretch, Drift is the Men's most spacious album to date, but it's addition by subtraction, as this particular set of songs wouldn't be as strong if they were played with more muscle.
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Mar 5, 2018Drift is the sound of them trying to figure out what to do next--and compared to the maniacal focus and intensity of previous records, the band can sound oddly rudderless here. But they can still stun you with a radical reinvention.
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Mar 2, 2018Enjoyable as Drift often is, The Men are honouring their influences but not going the extra mile some of their contemporaries do to make these songs stunners.