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| For over ten years the flagship of the Drift Empire™ has been the Drift Record Shop in Devon. We’re located in the holiday town of Totnes and we’ve long stocked a carefully hand considered collection of music, magazines and films. We are one of the remaining Chain With No Name's as well as a Mojo recommended retailer and nothing gives us more pleasure than opening a new box of records and finding an absolute gem. The Drift label is run from the back of the shop and all Drift releases purchased through our online shop are sealed packed and shipped direct from the shop in Devon. Below are the records that have been released on our Drift imprint. |
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| DFT012 - Tandy Hard - Self titled |
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| A man who has spent his musical career trying simply to make music that he wants hear. The result is a lovely textured crossing of Jarvis Cocker, Richard Hawley and Bob Dylan. Charming positive and wonderfully singable. "It's a faultless debut that deliberately sits beyond the confines of fashion. If Richard Hawley can carve himself such an impressive niche then there's no reason for thinking Willis won't be too far behind." - Fresh Deer Meat [Full Review] “Stately balladeers Tandy Hard’s spindly Scott Walker/Nick Drake composite Hurricane recalls the work of cult 80’s troubadours Palace Of Light.” – Mojo |
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| DFTV002 - Cottonmouth Rocks - "Witch Doctor" |
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| The boy/ girl two piece band have only a light grip on reality. Choosing instead to occupy a world of forest, desert, werewolves and big fast cars. Odd riffs and load drums accompany their strange stories of voodoo, driving and reckless excess. "Dirty as a gothic drifter, 'Witch Doctor' meanders itself along menacingly, glaring at you out the corner of its eye, with its big black leather collar up. This boy/ girl duo create something dark and fine.....it makes you come out in a cold sweat. Intense and morbid- go and get it." ARTROCKER "A rolling stamped, bluesy brooding track that fizzles, sparks and spits almost as much as it caresses, kneads and heals." - UNPEELED "Cottonmouth Rocks don't so much fuse rock and dance as understand that both come from the same place. The slow, sleazy 'Witch Doctor' has slo-mo Bo Diddley blues vibes and a relentless head-nod groove." - MIXMAG "unravel a duo seemingly hell-bent on a creative mission to evoke another world.....It's messy, feral and as frail as a sheet of sodden tissue paper but when coupled with these tales of rural America each song on this double-sided single comes to life like a plaid-shirted bar-fly on his 4th tumbler of Bourbon." - FRESH DEER MEAT "Menacing, unreal tales in minimal rough-edged rock'n'soul" - THE SOURCE "Smart!" - THE OBSERVER |
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| DFT014 - Thomas White - "I Dream Of Black" |
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| Thomas is fast becoming in institution. Best known for his work with brother Alex in the Electric Soft Parade and Brakes, he has played for a host of other acts, including Sparks, Restlesslist, BSP and Clowns. Here though he releases his solo work. It is beautiful prog psych pop. A musician of almost immeasurable talent. "recalls the psychedelic-rock splendour of Spiritualized at their peak" - Q (**** Q Recommends) "if you crave heady chin-scratchers in psych pastels, he makes sounds to swim in." - The Independent "a gentle sonic swim through seas of reverb, washing up on shores of song that range from the sci-fi Dandy Warhols shuffle of 'The Runaround' to the Jim Noir-ish 'This Is Just A Little Interlude…" - NME "This is some black magic" - PlanB “it’s delightful and you can’t but marvel” - Clash |
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| DFT004 - Matt Eaton - "Finish Your Chips" |
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| Matt is often described as an unsung hero of the Brighton music scene. But that says nothing of his actual output. “Finish your chips” is as pretty as music can be. Acoustic pop delivered in Matt’s deep warm baritone with orchestral flourishes added tastfully. Delightful, witty and big hearted. "Insinuatingly addictive" - Uncut "This album provides a tide of serenity with humble, grumbled folk songs that feel like they have a history, the resultant sense of peace is gorgeous." - PlanB "There’s something truly beautiful here, like a sort of bucolic British Tom Waits without the gravel in the throat" - Subba-Culture “Songs swoon as much as they soar... It sets itself up, plays itself through with minimal fuss and leaves you wanting an encore” - Artrocker |
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| DFT006 - The Drift Collective Present - "The Drift Collective" |
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Eleven exclusive tracks from the Drift family and friends. including tracks from; Nada, Mary Hampton, Birdengine, Thirty Pounds of Bone, The Great Park, Muntjac deer, Tandy Hard, The R.G.Morrison, Gale Fingers, Cottonmouth Rocks and Matt Eaton. "Inventive, imaginative and different; long may they collect together" - Record Collector "The Drift Family provide a near-miraculous glimmer of frail, reflective humanity in a bullshit-filled world" - The Word "The Drift Collective is well named - a significant rump of artists distributed across its 11 tracks reappearing elsewhere in supporting roles, lending proceedings a communal, campfire air. Gently eccentric" - Mojo “as gorgeous as it is quirky” - Observer Music Monthly “fantastic” - Time Out "Down at the roots of British folk, strange things continue to stir. 'Shine your shiny car lights on me, boy!' - Smart" - The Observer "There’s little background information on the sleeve so the music is rightly allowed to stand on it’s own merits. I want to hear more from these people" - Rock 'N' Reel "Drift Records have assembled a strong roster that manages to embrace the past while retaining an ironic distance, forging new paths out of the acoustic tradition" - Is this Music? |
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| Navigator 15 - Mary Hampton - "My Mother Children" (Formally DFT008) |
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| Mary looks and sounds like a life sized woman shaped structure of spun sugar. Newly signed to Navigator we think that Mary is the best English folk singer around. So there. You can buy her LP via our Record Shop. "mesmerizing" **** - The Guardian "terrifying and gorgeous, unusual and strong, epic and tiny" - (Eliza Carthy) fROOTS "spectral and spartan, an exotic gothic drama" - Q Magazine "songs,which recline with shimmering sensuality in various shady cloaks ofweirdness...fragility, desolation and humour...scurrying around Dartmoor under cover of darkness" - Telegraph Album of the month **** - Mojo (August 08) |
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| DFT007 - Matt Eaton - "The Village Bear" EP [Digital] |
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| Low-fi and raucous digital only EP ahead of the release of full length debut LP 'Finish Your Chips'. It celebrates drinking in the countryside and remembering to put time aside... for stories. "an indicator of the Brighton scene before all the London commuters moved in and brought their Faithless CDs with them" - 3 Bar Fire "Quite ruddy sublime if you want my honest opinion." - Losing Today |
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| DFT010 - Mary Hampton - "Book Two" [Digital] |
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| Exclusive digital debut for Mary Hamptons Book
Two- "Six Songs Of Hunger" "a woman who appears to have spent much of her life attempting to imitate the shimmer of wind-chimes. The effect is mesmerizing" - The Guardian "spine-thrilling attic folk" - Time Out London |
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| DFT009 - Mary Hampton - "Book One " [Digital] |
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| Exclusive digital debut for Mary Hamptons Book
One - "Six Songs Of Refusal" "a stately clarity" - The Times "bewildering" - Time Out London |
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| DFT003 - Birdengine - "I Fed Thee Rabbit Water" |
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| Lawry Joseph Tilbury plays a nylon string guitar and accompanies himself singing the horrors in his mind. Killing dogs, sticks for arms, black snow, giant birds, dancing bears and kings trapped in jars all get a mention in Lawrys’ frightening but beautiful music. "There’s not likely to be a more arresting opening couplet to an album this year" – Independent "A strange and compelling beauty" – Maverick "It’s a very beautiful record" – The Word This album is it is a from a limited run and is delivered in a hand wax-sealed envelope. |
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| DFT002 - Thirty Pounds of Bone - "The Homesick Children of Migrant Mothers" |
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| Drift co founder Johny Lamb’s alt folk project. Deeply personal confessional ballads sit in the shadows with violent shanties and drinking songs. Traditional music forced through an art rock/ shoe gaze mincer. "This is dark of the blackest of physics" – PlanB "Proudly different, it has the side-ranging ambition and talent to appeal far more than only folk fans alone" – Record Collector "There is much to savour on this accomplished collection of plaintive laments, of which the mournful title track and drone like Uyeasound are exceptional" - Q Magazine "There’s a big hearted muscularity to these songs that makes you return to them like good drinking buddies" – The Word This album is it is a from a limited run and is delivered in a hand wax-sealed envelope. |
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| DFT001 - The R.G.Morrison - "Learning About Loathing" |
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| Drift co founder and “cult balladeer” Morrison has become known for his beautiful introspective narratives. Played out through hushed flat picked Americana which collides with massive multi voiced choruses. "Raw and vital" - Wire Magazine "Morrison piles brave, cinematic folk music that is as heartfelt as it is huggable" - PlanB "It's the overall sincerity and confidence that make it a worthy listen" "marries Satie-like piano figures with wistful graveside meditations" - Mojo "It has the bewildering charm of Nick Drake and the lovely gathering darkness of Bonny Prince Billy" – SubbaCulture "It takes puritan blisters and serious self-control to maintain this sort of melodic hush" - Pitchfork |
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