The Drift
Memory Drawings
Temporary Residence trr134 (www.temporaryresidence.com)
Post-rock has long been a point of convergence for a variety of styles; its practitioners have employed facets of experimental classical music and jazz as well as rock material. The Drift, a quartet based in San Francisco, continues in this vein on their second full length Memory Drawings, creating extended, questing instrumentals with touches of electronic effects. The band employ two instruments in its line-up often associated with jazz: stand-up bass and trumpet. Its rhythm section blends fusion, dub, and the occasional ambient minimal passages into a fascinating mélange. Set against this are Jeff Jacobs’s soaring trumpet lines, which embody both the lyrical eloquence of an experienced avant-jazz soloist and, where necessary, the economy of a rock musician. Danny Grody fills out the soundscape with sensitive guitar and keyboard arrangements. The Drift may craft spacious music, but there’s nary a lull to be found on this imaginative and at times captivating CD.
-Christian Carey
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