Blue Hour

VINYL FORMAT. Following the release of their second album, Memory Drawings, The Drift reunited with original bassist, Trevor Montgomery, resurrecting the quartet's inaugural lineup with Danny Grody, Rich Douthit, and Jeff Jacobs. However, tragedy struck when Jacobs – an integral part of the tight-knit group – was diagnosed with cancer. Jacobs sadly lost his bout with the disease, but gave The Drift his blessing and sincerest wishes to carry on in his honor. Impossible to replace, The Drift now carry on as a trio. Blue Hour is their first release without Jacobs, but his spirit is undeniably present throughout the album. Without a doubt their most meditative album since their Travels In Constants debut, Blue Hour eases off the jazz and dub influences that had become a trademark of The Drift's sound, and instead focuses on hypnotic repetition and subtle, textural layering of guitars, keyboards, electric bass and drums. Beautiful, fragile melodies descend into sheets of noise atop an unwavering lockstep groove, and the near-silence of a single bass note becomes alternately haunting and near transcendent. It is a cathartic memorial to a dear friend and invaluable collaborator, and the perfect beginning to a new chapter in The Drift's resilient story.