SLIFT - Fantasia - CD dec19 singer and songwriter Samira Winter

singer and songwriter Samira Winter found a home in the city’s DIY rock community

While the world was still grappling with a sense of stagnation

“We felt these were too good not to be released and were actually the first three songs we wrote for ‘Scatterbrain’ before it’s lyrical tone and musical direction became established

she’s super talented

SLIFT - Fantasia - CD dec19 singer and songwriter Samira WinterCD In the technical sense, every previous album by the radiant and heavy French trio SLIFT has been a fantasiaa composite of genres and forms that allowed the band to improvise, to jam on themes until they seemed to spiral together into space. Their acclaimed third album, 2024s Ilion, was a sci fi story built with 10 to 13 minute exploratory escapades, often starting with doom metal or stoner rock before spinning freely into glorious instrumental