GIFT are back with a new record, and this one feels huge. The New York crew earned their Band To Watch status on the strength of 2024's Illuminator, that psych-shoegaze-electronic pop-rock hybrid that scrambled all the right wires. Since then they've been busy: a full slate of Illuminator remixes, a whole cosmos of collaborators, a band clearly restless to keep moving.
Now comes Frenzy For The Thrill, and lead track "Hand To The Flame" is a stunner. It carries that same dreamy propulsion GIFT nailed on Illuminator, all shimmer and momentum, but there's a sharper edge here, a hunger you can feel in the drums.
If you loved the swirl of their debut, this one pushes further out. Bigger textures. More daring. The kind of forward step that makes you trust a band completely.
GIFT know exactly what they're building, and they're not slowing down for anyone.
Frenzy For The Thrill is coming, and "Hand To The Flame" is the perfect first taste. Turn it up.