"Be Something" & "The Center" were re-released worldwide on January 27, 2009. Below are links to where you can purchase these records.
You can purchase our music at the following stores:
Best Buy, FYE, Wherehouse Music, Strawberries, Borders, Tower Records, Coconuts, Hastings, Planet Music, Spec's, Cheapo, Electric Fetus and more. If they do not have it in stock, they should be able to order it for you.
You can order CD's online through a number of retailers, such as:
Best Buy
Target
Amazon
VH1
You can also purchase our music from these digital retailers:
iTunes
Amazon mp3
Rhapsody
as well as many other digital retailers worldwide!
Drift Effect Online Merch Store
Convention and stagnation are often used to describe the state of modern rock: These words are not used to describe Drift Effect. For the past four years, the band has been making music that touches back to the origins of all great music. Those origins are heart-felt honesty and rebellion.
The group is made up of five men, conscious of the state of affairs in a not so friendly age. They will stop at nothing to tell their stories: Stories that every person can relate to. With textured guitars, impassioned vocals, and a steady rhythm section they have accomplished and perfected a sound that, while undeniably influenced by a number of fantastic musicians, stands on its own. A sound that punches you in the face with pure aggression, then takes you for a ride filled with imagery and emotion; suddenly you are brought back to earth begging for more.
It didn't take long for people to take notice. On the strength of their self-titled EP, XM Satellite radio picked them as one of America's top 100 unsigned bands. And after less than a year of consistent gigging they were chosen to play Warped Tour in 2006 and have since built a rabid regional fan base that expands throughout the Midwest. The band released their first full-length album, Be Something in April of 2007. Magazines from four different countries recognized this album and over 250 U.S. radio stations began playing songs from Be Something. In April 2008, the band released a new acoustic album called, The Center. With alternate versions of songs off of Be Something, the album is both intense and beautiful.
Through all that has happened to them over this time, Drift Effect has come to this conclusion: life is experience and those you share it with. All experiences are more powerful when shared, whether they are negative or positive. Shared experiences bind human beings together. Some grew up in poverty. Some people lived in dysfunction. Others experienced terrible things at the hands of other human beings. The stories we tell are for the people in this world who survived this negativity to move forward and do positive things.
We want to prove that something beautiful can come from devastation. We want to be the exception to the rule that one's past will predict their future. We need to show the 15 year old version of ourselves that life is not what you experienced to this point. There is more to this human experience. We want to share these lessons that we have learned: You can't obsess over why things happened, and what do these experiences say about you. There is the present and the future version of yourself you wish to see. You have to fight everyday to work towards that possibility.
With that comes new blood. With new blood is new hope, with new hope new music. Stay tuned, new attitude, new music, new album, worldwide, 2010.
THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS. SORRY TO SAY, JUST LIKE IN LIFE, ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END.
WITH THAT SAID AND STAYING TRUE TO THE CYCLE OF LIFE. THE END OF SOMETHING OFTEN TIMES MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW. SO DO NOT FRET, YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE FROM ALL OF US AGAIN SO KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS OPEN, IT MAY BE CLOSER THEN IT SEEMS!!!
"Drift Effect has a plan, a mission and a polished sound and it's likely that they'll see musical success." -St. Cloud Times
"While being formulaic is the way to get noticed these days, it's nice to see a band just write from the soul." -Hardrock Haven
"Be Something is quite an impressive upstart release. So strong in fact that it's a highly probable destiny that the majors quickly take notice." -DecoyMusic.com
"These guys have a very unique sound and really want their music to stand for something." -Ecromper.com
"This album shows signs of promise within the genre; and you gotta remember, this is an underground band just starting out. They'll grow with experience, enjoy them now before the major labels get to them." -EvilNeedles.com
"What I like very good with Drift Effect is their natural sound, who sound very much live and absolutely not overproduced." -Melodic Hard Rock Today
"The singer is fantastic and he sings with a ton of emotion and he really gets into the lyrics" -Metalcore Fanzine
"As an unsigned band, Drift Effect have put out a good record" -RIFTrock.com
"One of the best tracks, "No Rides," has the perfect streaming sensation that will draw fans to a conclusion that Drift Effect has a legit chance to make an impact on the music industry… This is a very smooth and hypnotic CD that should reach out and touch a variety of people." -Rockeyez.com
"…with intelligent lyrics and talented vocals with a range of guitar emotions, there is no way you won't like this album if your fancy is alt rock." -Skyline Press.net
".This is an intense album." -Ryan Baker, CD Baby
Decoy Music |
St. Cloud Times |
Evil Needles |
Skyline Press | Hard Rock Haven | Metal Core | Rockeyez |
The Playlist | Revolt Media | tMetal
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