The Drift is a post-rock band from

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. The Drift was founded in 2002 as a side project by Danny Grody, of Tarentel, and Trevor Montgomery, of Lazarus.Biography

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Montgomery left the group in 2004 and Grody recruited several new members for a full band, with several releases following in 2005. The group has released two full-lengths and two collections on

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, with a third full-length announced for fall 2011.

Members

*Danny Grody - keyboards, guitar *Trevor Montgomery - bass *Safa Shokrai - bass *Rich Douthit - drums *Jeff Jacobs - horns, electronics

Discography

*''Travels in Constants, vol. 19'' (

, 2005) *''Noumena'' (Temporary Residence, 2005) *''RMXS'' (Temporary Residence, 2007) *''Ceiling Sky'' (Temporary Residence, 2007) *''Memory Drawings'' (Temporary Residence, 2008) *''Blue Hour'' (Temporary Residence, 2011)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Drift Musical groups from San Francisco American post-rock groups Musical groups established in 2002 2002 establishments in California Temporary Residence Limited artists