Sunn O))) have introduced a brand new album. Their follow-up to 2015’s Kannon is titled Life Metal, and it’s set to reach in April through Southern Lord. The album was recorded at with Steve Albini on the producer’s Electrical Audio studios in Chicago. (According to a press launch, Albini took the band’s name and mentioned: “Sure, this will be fun. I have no idea what is going to happen.”)
In addition to band co-founders Stephen O’Malley & Greg Anderson, the brand new album options contributions by Hildur Guðnadóttir (who beforehand labored with the late Jóhann Jóhannsson), baritone guiarist Tim Midyett (Silkworm, Bottomless Pit), and composer Anthony Pateras.
Sunn O))) have additionally revealed Life Metal will not be the one album that might be launched this 12 months; one other LP, Pyroclasts, was additionally recorded with Albini and is slated for a fall 2019 launch. Check out their upcoming European and North American tour dates beneath, in addition to a teaser and tracklist for Life Metal.
Life Metal:
01 Between Sleipnir’s Breaths
02 Troubled Air
03 Aurora
04 Novae
Sunn O))):
02-28 Frankfurt, Germany – Mousonturm
03-01 Graz, Austria – Elevate Festival/Orpheum
03-02 Prague, Czech Republic – Divadlo Archa
03-03 Hamburg, Germany – Kampnagel
03-04 Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Paradiso
03-06 Lyon, France – L’Epicerie Moderne
03-07 Nancy, France – L’Autre Canal
03-08 Dijon, France – La Vapeur
03-09 Rouen, France – QuasaRites Day/Le 106
03-11 Tours, France – Le Temps Machine
03-12 Nantes, France – Stereolux
03-13 La Rochelle, France – La Sirene
03-14 Bordeaux, France – Le Rocher de Palmer
04-17 Cleveland, OH – Agora
04-18 Detroit, MI – Masonic Lodge
04-19 Chicago, IL – Rockefeller Chapel
04-20 Pelham, TN – The Caverns
04-24 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
04-25 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
04-26 New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
04-28 Washington, D.C. – The Howard Theatre
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