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Live: SLIFT and Cor de Lux – Outset – Chicago, IL – October 13, 2026

A SLIFT show is always an experience. You’re in for a trip through space, another dimension, a wormhole from there to another planet, and back again before you get your breath back. It was no exception in Chicago on October 13th when they turned Outset into a rocket ship.

Setting the launch pad were Cor de Lux, a wild noise / post-punk band who had a good set with intense drumming by Jacob Richardson that kept the band locked-in and always powerful.

Cor de Lux. L-R: Tim Lusk, Jacob Richardson, Dawn Moraga, John Bliven

SLIFT hit warp drive with the title track to their newest album, Fantasia, and played several tracks from it. The power generated by the two brothers and their longtime friend is something to behold. You’re never sure how just three people are making all of that sound.

SLIFT opening a wormhole in space-time.

“Ummon” and “Hyperion” never disappoint. Hearing and feeling both live is like having your astral form knocked out of your body and then reuniting with it in a zero-gravity environment.

Ending with “The Day of Execution” and “Secret Mirror” from Fantasia was like a one-two punch or the jettisoning of two rocket stages as we escaped the planet’s hold on us. We were left, as one is after any SLIFT show, feeling both connected to everything around us and somehow free of all of it.

It’s always an experience, and one worth seeking.

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Cor de Lux release “The Cringe” ahead of their debut album and upcoming tour.

Cor de Lux, who recently announced their signing to Ipecac Recordings, release their label debut, Year Of The Horse, on Sept. 18.

A preview of the nine-song album arrives today with “The Cringe” and its accompanying video (https://youtu.be/GL1308BBhKI). The snarling single charges forward at full blast before veering into an atmospheric passage where the intertwined guitars of Dawn Moraga and Tim Lusk drift into haunting territory.

Moraga says of the track: “Living in a developing country really engraved in my heart about knowing what is important and what is not,” referencing her time abroad in Nicaragua. “Materialism fades like bad jeans. The exploitation of the poor to make the rich richer makes my blood boil.”

Bass player John Bliven adds: “’The Cringe’ explains our disdain of the billionaire ‘elite’ and the system that keeps them rapidly gaining. ‘I make a dollar a day’ refers to CEOs giving themselves a tiny salary while obtaining massive share value. Those shares aren’t taxed unless sold, and even then, that tax rate is less than the income tax everyone else pays.”

Produced by J. Robbins (War on Women, Mary Timony), Year Of The Horse captures Cor de Lux’s competing impulses: abrasion and melody. Atmosphere and momentum, chaos and control. Across nine songs, the Kill Devil Hills quartet balances post-hardcore urgency, shoegaze bliss, and guitar-driven catharsis. Recorded with Robbins, the album preserves the raw chemistry that defines the band while pushing their songwriting into sharper, more immediate territory.

Year Of The Horse is available for pre-order now with the album available on multiple limited vinyl variants (including a hyper-limited Bandcamp exclusive swirl vinyl and Ipecac/Cor de Lux orange effect vinyl), standard black vinyl, cassette, CD, and digitally: https://cordelux.lnk.to/horse.

The band ventures out on a brief tour this Fall, joining SLIFT for a handful of dates:

October 7 Philadelphia, PA Ortlieb’s

October 8 Brooklyn, NY The Broadway

October 10 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace *

October 11 Detroit, MI El Club *

October 13 Chicago, IL Outset *

October 14 St. Paul, MN Turf Club *

October 15 Davenport, IA Racoon Motel

*-w/SLIFT

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[Thanks to Monica at Speakeasy PR.]