SUUNS announce new album The Breaks and share title track & video
SUUNS image via Alexander Ortiz
The Canadian leg of the tour starts tonight in Quebec.
Celebrated Canadian avant-rock trio SUUNS has announced their upcoming album The Breaks, set to be released on September 6th through Joyful Noise Recordings. The band, consisting of Ben Shemie, Joseph Yarmush, and Liam O’Neill, is diving headfirst into their pop instincts while expanding their sonic palette with loops, synths, samples, and MIDI instruments. The result is an album that stretches far beyond their core fundamentals, likened to a post-millennial Tangerine Dream exploring downtempo trip-hop beats.
The lead single ‘The Breaks’ is a bold step into dream pop territory, blending electronic abstraction with the band’s foundational instincts. The accompanying music video, directed by Alexander Ortiz, complements the song’s slow, moody feel with visuals that evoke movement without a clear destination.
Ortiz explains:
“The idea for the video is basically to match the slow moody feel of the song. It conjures movement with no destination in mind and analogue blends of images that you can almost touch. From bike rides and night drives to the passion of cha-cha dancing with a bouquet of flowers.”
Multi-instrumentalist Yarmush adds:
“The Breaks became sort of the opposite of our last record. Nothing was really played together. We were caught in a little bit of a wormhole, trying new things, throwing different things against the wall.”
The new single ‘The Breaks’ is out now. The album The Breaks is set for release on September 6 via Joyful Noise Recordings.
Tour Dates:
June 5 – Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada @ Le Zaricot
June 6 – Sherbrooke, QC, Canada @ La Petite Boite Noire
June 7 – Chicoutimi, QC, Canada @ CEM
June 8 – Gatineau, QC, Canada @ Pointelandia
September 12 – London, UK @ Studio 9294
September 13 – Leffinge, Belgium @ Leffingeleuren Festival
September 14 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Indiestad Festival at Paradiso
September 15 – Lyon, France @ Epicerie Moderne
September 16 – Marseille, France @ Espace Julien
September 17 – Paris, France @ Trabendo
September 19 – Liège, Belgium @ Reflektor
September 20 – Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Lantaren Venster
September 21 – Hamburg, Germany @ Reeperbahn Festival
September 22 – Berlin, Germany @ Lido
November 2 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Hipnosis Music Festival 2024
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