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DRIFT. can be dark and dangerous, light and playful, always enigmatic. An iron fist in a velvet glove. Seduction with confrontation. A kiss with a razorblade. ‘Genderland’, her second EP as DRIFT., signals a shift; a drift towards self-determination, a PVC-clad step into the murky mixed-message waters of 21st century gender politics. If first EP ‘Black Devotion’ was all about searching for a sound – “I was more interested in textures” – ‘Genderland’ distils DRIFT.’s ideas on sexual identity into a series of vignettes. It’s a statement of intent, a message. A warning. The recipients know who they are. DRIFT.’s influences come from 50 years of music. From the analogue experiments of Suicide and Silver Apples, through The Human League and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Pet Shop Boys and Soft Cell, Underworld and Chemical Brothers, Aphex Twin and beyond, informed by the spirit of punk rock, avant-garde electronica and pure pop.