Suuns udgiver nyt album
Suuns annoncerer sit nyeste album, Felt, der udkommer den 2. marts på Secretly Canadian. Om albummet fortæller sanger og guitarist, Ben Shemie: “This record is definitely looser than our last one [2016’s Hold/Still]. It’s not as clinical. There’s more swagger.” Albummet er både en fortsættelse og en genfødsel. Montreal-kvartetten er vendt tilbage til Breakglass Studios, hvis de indspillede deres første albums Zeroes QC og Images Du Futur sammen med The Besnard Lakes’ Jace Lasek. Denne gang har de til gengæld indspillet i deres helt eget tempo gennem fem sessions over en periode på flere måneder. Albummet er mixet af St Vincent-producer, John Congleton.
Felt førende single ”Watch You, Watch Me” fik sin debut via NPR Music og giver et euforisk vingesus i samspillet mellem det organiske og syntetiske, der bygges op omkring trommeslager Liam O’Neills opløftende rytmer. O’Neill fortæller: “It was different and exciting. In the past, there was a more concerted effort on my part to drum in a controlled and genre-specific way. Self-consciously approaching things stylistically. Us doing it ourselves, that process was like a very receptive, limitless workshop to just try out ideas.”
Ekstatiske, Hamonia-møder-Game Boy mønstre fra det elektroniske geni, Max Henry supplerer O’Neill. Henry har udledt friske lyde til hver sang af Felt og samtidig orkestreret patches og oscillations. Med sin stille entusiasme for ”freaky post-techno” og Frank Oceans klanglige brug af rum, er han en af de mest ydmyge studie-desk jockeys: “Yeah, I sat in the control room while the others played – hitting ‘record’ and ‘stop’. It also gave me the flexibility to move parts around and play with effects. I do have a sweet tooth for pop music.”
Videoen til ”Watch You, Watch Me” er instrueret af Russ Murphy. Se den her:
Ekstatiske, Hamonia-møder-Game Boy mønstre fra det elektroniske geni, Max Henry supplerer O’Neill. Henry har udledt friske lyde til hver sang af Felt og samtidig orkestreret patches og oscillations. Med sin stille entusiasme for ”freaky post-techno” og Frank Oceans klanglige brug af rum, er han en af de mest ydmyge studie-desk jockeys: “Yeah, I sat in the control room while the others played – hitting ‘record’ and ‘stop’. It also gave me the flexibility to move parts around and play with effects. I do have a sweet tooth for pop music.”
Videoen til ”Watch You, Watch Me” er instrueret af Russ Murphy. Se den her:
Suuns er stolte af sine rødder i Canadas mest socialistiske provins, men adskiller sig samtidig sonisk fra Quebecs stryger-tunge og accordion-drevne indiescene. Quebec-indfødte Shemie og Joseph Yarmush dannede gruppen for mere end et årti siden, da sidstnævnte var flyttet til Montreal fra en nærtliggende landsby. Guitarist Yarmush studerede fotografi og brugte sit visuelt trænede øje til at realisere den vision, Shemie havde for albummets artwork: “I was at a barbecue last summer and there were balloons everywhere,” recalls the singer. “I like this idea of pressure, resistance, and pushing against something just before it brakes. And there is something strangely subversive about a finger pushing into a balloon. It seemed to fit the vibe of the record we were making. We made plaster casts of our hands, going for a non-denominational statue vibe. Joe came up with the colour scheme, the sickly green background, and shot the whole cover in an hour.”
Det er en passende visualisering af Felt, der bryder med Suuns’ tidligere mørke til fordel for en mere optimistisk ambience. Albummets legesyge atmosfære giver desuden genlyd i titlens dobbeltbetydning: “Some people might think of the material,” forklarer Ben. “I like that that could be misconstrued. Also it’s to have felt and not to feel – a little introspective, but that feeling’s in the past.”
Felt Tracklist:
1. Look No Further
2. X-ALT
3. Watch You, Watch Me
4. Baseline
5. After the Fall
6. Control
6. Make It Real
8. Daydream
9. Peace and Love
10. Moonbeams
11. Materials