Montreal-based Suuns have been added to the Secretly Canadian roster. They have also announced a fall tour with Land Of Talk - during which, they will be in Chicago on 9/21. Their Zeroes EP has been made available for free download - the link is listed below.
LINKS:
DOWNLOAD Suuns
Zeroes EP
Suuns Artist
Page
Suuns on Myspace
From the recent SC announcement:
Suuns music was delivered to us one afternoon accompanied with a short note from
Jace Lasek of The Besnard Lakes and Montreal's Breakglass Studios, where he had
recently recorded the band. "Thought you might like to hear them. They're pretty
cool," his note simply read. And while, technically this is correct, it hardly
prepared us for the near immediate infatuation with Suuns' blistering, dark
electro and arena-sized psych. Elements of Suicide, Clinic and This Heat
simultaneously delivered with a youthful swagger and a learned restraint, Suuns
rapidly became the phantoms of our evening listening hours. And now, we are
proud to share Suuns' music with you, albeit in a missive that absolutely
explodes Lasek's modest brevity all to hell.
Montreal's Suuns were born
during the summer of 2006 when vocalist/guitarist Ben Shemie and
guitarist/bassist Joe Yarmush got together to make some beats which quickly
evolved into a few songs. The duo were soon joined by drummer Liam O’Neill and
bassist/keyboardist Max Henry to complete the line-up.
As an introduction
to the young men of Suuns, we are offering a free download of Suuns' first
release, Zeroes EP, that to date has only been available through Other
Music and at Suuns live shows. Zeroes EP also contains early versions of
soon-to-be album cuts "Arena" and "PVC." Minimalist rhythms are equally informed
by Joy Division and Can, often wrapped in a noisy squall of droning guitars and
pulsing synths, it's the pitch perfect primer for Suuns vision. "I killed a man
when I was 11 years old, but I'm innocent," snarls Shemie on EP opener "The
Disappearance of the Skyscraper" over an organ-and-drum stomp that feels like a
switchblade-carrying version of Silver Apples. Shemie's close-mic'd sing/speak
is as metronomic as it is melodic; in “Arena” Shemie’s rhythmic “What-choo,
what-choo”’s are reminiscent of Suicide’s Alan Vega as he leads the band’s death
disco groove into a bloodbath of razor-sharp guitars. Download all six songs
from the Zeroes EP, ready to be shared with the world, below.
The band has a string of East Coast dates with
Parlovr beginning tonight at the Mercury Lounge in New York. Then in September,
Suuns set off on a full-on U.S. tour, sharing dates with The Besnard Lakes and
Land of Talk. Stay tuned for more info on Suuns' upcoming full-length album to
be released before the end of 2010.
TOUR DATES:
07/21 New York, NY- Mercury Lounge w/
Parlovr
07/22 Philadelphia, PA- Danger Danger Gallery w/ Parlovr
07/23
Brooklyn, NY- Knitting Factory w/ Parlovr
07/24 Providence, RI- AS220 w/
Parlovr
07/25 Winooski, VT- Monkey House w/ Parlovr
09/16 Toronto, ON- Lee's Palace w/ Land of
Talk
09/19 Cleveland, OH- Beachland Tavern w/ Land of Talk
09/21 Chicago,
IL- Lincoln Hall w/ Land of Talk
09/22 Minneapolis, MN- 7th Street Entry w/
Land of Talk
09/23 Omaha, NE- Slowdown w/ Land of Talk
09/25 Denver, CO-
Larimer Lounge w/ Land of Talk
09/26 Salt Lake City, UT- Kilby Court w/ Land
of Talk
09/29 Edmonton, AB- Starlite Ballroom w/ Land of Talk
09/30
Calgary, AB- Dicken's Pub w/ Land of Talk
10/02 Victoria, BC- Lucky Bar w/
Land of Talk
10/03 Vancouver, BC- Biltmore Cabaret w/ Land of Talk
10/04
Seattle, WA- Crocodile w/ The Besnard Lakes, Land of Talk
10/05 Portland, OR-
Mississippi Studios w/ The Besnard Lakes, Land of Talk
10/07 San Francisco,
CA- The Independent w/ The Besnard Lakes, Land of Talk
10/08 Los Angeles, CA-
Echoplex w/ The Besnard Lakes, Land of Talk
10/09 Costa Mesa, CA- Detroit Bar
w/ The Besnard Lakes, Land of Talk
10/10 San Diego, CA- Casbah w/ The Besnard
Lakes, Land of Talk
10/12 Phoenix, AZ- The Rhythm Room w/ Land of
Talk
10/15 Austin, TX- The Parish w/ Land of Talk
10/16 Dallas, TX- The
Nightmare w/ Land of Talk
