French psych-rockers SLIFT, have shared a new Dimitri Thouzery directed & Guthio visualizer for “Nimh.” The track is off the group’s forthcoming album ILION, available January 19th via Sub Pop. SLIFT hit the road for a UK & EU tour beginning February 23rd in Brighton, UK, and ending April 6th in Marseille, France.

The band said of the song/video: “‘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.”

SLIFT
ILION
Sub Pop
Tracklisting

1. Ilion
2. Nimh
3. The Words That Have Never Been Heard
4. Confluence
5. Weavers’ Weft
6. Uruk
7. The Story That Has Never Been Told
8. Enter The Loop

SLIFT 2024 Tour Dates

Fri. Feb. 23 – Brighton, UK – Chalk
Sat. Feb. 24 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
Sun. Feb. 25 – Dublin, IE – Whelan’s
Mon. Feb. 27 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell
Wed. Feb. 28 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
Thu. Feb. 29 – Lille, FR – Aéronef
Fri. Mar. 01 – Paris, FR – La Cigale
Sat. Mar. 02 – Saint Malo, FR – Route du Rock Hiver
Wed. Mar. 13 – Toulouse, FR – Bikini
Fri. Mar. 15 – Nantes, FR- Stereolux
Sat. Mar. 16 – Rouen, FR – 106
Mon. Mar. 18 – Bruxelles, FR – Ancienne Belgique
Tue. Mar. 19 – Utrecht, NL – Tivoli Vredenburg
Wed. Mar. 20 – Cologne, DE- Club Volta
Thu. Mar. 21 – Groningen, NL – Vera
Fri. Mar. 22 – Hamburg, DE – Gruenspan
Sun. Mar. 24 – Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
Mon. Mar. 25 – Gothenburg, SE – Pustervik
Tue. Mar. 26 – Oslo, NO- John Dee
Wed. Mar. 27 – Stockholm, SE – Hus 7
Sat. Mar. 30 – Berlin, DE – Lido
Mon. Apr. 01 – Leipzig, DE- UT Connewitz
Mon. Apr. 02 – Stuttgart, DE – Wisemann Club
Tue. Apr. 03 – Esch Sur Alzette, LU – Kulturfabrik
Wed. Apr. 04 – Zurich, CH – Mascotte
Thu. Apr. 05 – Lyon, FR – Epicerie Moderne
Fri. Apr. 06 – Marseille, FR – Espace Julien

Pre-order ILION by SLIFT HERE