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- Summary: The fourth full-length release from French trio Slift was recorded in Belgium and mixed by Kurt Ballou.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Jun 11, 2026Fantasia, in the end, is not an escape from the world but a way of looking at it long enough to keep believing it might be saved. They are betting that the people who hear it will agree. On a fifth or sixth listen, that bet looks well placed.
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Jun 5, 2026The band’s devotion to the riff allows the music to mutate into new forms: The album’s eight songs feels spontaneous and free-form, never cycling back to repeat verses or choruses.
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UncutJun 5, 2026That songs as complex and restless as "Orbis Tertius" and "The Day Of Execution" were largely recorded in single takes elicits and additional measure of awe. [Jul 2026, p.38]
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Jun 5, 2026Fantasia might not register as a simplified reading of Slift's progressive heaviness, but at times it offers the clearest view yet of their intense vision and precision technical abilities.
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 5, 2026Primal exorcisms destined to be even better live. [Jul 2026, p.77]