The Next Big Thing (No.25) : Suuns

When Glastonbury 2013 was about to kick off, We went through pages of NME Magazine then we checked out some recommended new bands that you’ve got to see for this year’s Glasto. There were MSMR, Temples, the Strypes, and some other names that we have featured for #TheNextBigThing. Then we found Suuns, Montreal’s neo-psychedelic band who have been touring around Europe and performing in the world’s finest music festival.

Suuns were originally formed  in 2006. It was Ben Shemie (vocals/guitar) and Joe Yarmush (bass) who started creating the music. They were actually just hooking up to create some tunes and then it led to write a few songs. Later then, Liam O’Neill (drums) and Max Hendry (keyboard) joined the duo to complete the formation of the band. Four years later, the band did a debut album via BreakGlass Studio. The debut is produced by Jace Lasek and it got praised by New York Times. In 2011, Suuns were busy to do their debut performances in some festivals like SXSW, Primavera, and being here-there-and everywhere for Canadian music festivals. And in 2012, Suuns signed with Secretly Canadian, the band started topping off the materials for their second album, ‘Images Du Futur’.

It took four years for the band to create their debut, Zeroes QC. The first album is full of krautwork, erratic guitar riffs and a bit of moody space-prog. Suuns claimed that their debut is just their documented music that they have to release. Being with no label at that time, the band things the materials were not really self-aware. For ‘Images Du Futur’, the band believe it is much sleeker, even Pitchfork is comparing their work with Radiohead and Velvet Underground. This album also gives out a thick sense of neo-psychedelic and darker ambiance, as you can hear in ‘Eddie’s Dream’.

Suuns’ latest work has been compared with some the best names in the industry and their music was labelled by some music journalists as the mini version of Clinic. They are even being told that they lack of originality on their  music, but Shemie told Outofordermag.com “I think every band gets compared to other bands, especially when no one’s heard of you… And the Clinic one is the one that comes up the most, and I think that has a large part to do with the way that I sing.” Regarding their comparison with Clinic. The band’s name is taken from Tai words that means ‘Zero’, we definitely know that Suuns are not a new comer, and even though their name means Zero, we are sure they will be giving us more than zero through their music.