Ahead of their release Subterranea, Sunglaciers have shared a video for album track “Out Of My Skull.” The Calgary bands Full-length will drop on March 25, 2022 via Montreal label Mothland. The video was directed by bandmember Evan Resnik. “Out Of My Skull” is “dark but it’s lively.” says Resnik. “I shot in black and white to lend a bit of a classic, noir vibe to the video, which also helped bring out some of my innate 90s influence.

Sunglaciers initially came together in 2017 as a collaboration between Blanchard and lead vocalist Resnik, both of whom handle an array of instruments and co-production duties on Subterranea. As Blanchard completed his studies to become a doctor working in family medicine and addiction, and Resnik returned from a hitchhiking trip through France, the duo decided to form a new musical project. The past five years have found them steadily growing in popularity, sharing stages with Omni, Preoccupations, and Daniel Romano.

When COVID-19 put Sunglaciers’ tour plans on pause, they shifted their focus to songwriting, dedicating 40-plus hours per week to music in the early months of 2020. Subterranea was recorded in the unusual location of On Air Studios, a professional voiceover studio owned by former member Bruce Crews. This extended timeframe taught them skills in engineering, while also allowing for experiments such as swapping the instruments that each member typically plays (an oblique strategy used on Portishead’s Third and David Bowie’s “Boys Keep Swinging”). Chad VanGaalen fleshed out the songs further with vocal and instrumental contributions, while the band welcomed other guests such as harpist Jennifer Crighton (Hermitess) and hip-hop / black metal vocalist Louis Cza (Roman66, The Black Greek God).

“The lyrics loosely reference Miles Davis and a few moments from his life: his hiatus from 1975-80, a shooting in 1969, being assaulted by a cop outside Birdland in 1959. I watched a lot of music documentaries in early 2020 when we began writing this record. Miles was a mysterious and brooding artist, and that initial inspiration helped me get into that mindset during songwriting and throughout the video production. The video is intimate but detached, with close-up faces in contrasting, unreal environments. We’re in your face, but we’re not really there. We had a lot of fun shooting, and I think that comes through in the video and adds a bit of levity.

The bulk of this album came together during the pandemic and the changing of gears that we had to do,” says Resnik. “I was out of work and Mathieu was working half as much as usual, so we had lots of time on our hands. We flipped a switch and started playing music everyday. It’s a good indicator of how we were writing at the time while we wrapped our heads around some new gear and saw what came out of it. Essentially, we took all of our favourite musical tendencies and put them together. We were listening to a lot of McCartney II at the time and loved how eclectic it was, which led to us mirroring that vibe.”

Sunglaciers
Subterranea
Track List

1. Negative Ways
2. Avoidance
3. Out of my Skull
4. Order
5. Subterranea
6. Thought Maps
7. Stayed
8. Glue
9. Draw Me In
10. Best Years
11. No Horizon
12. Cause/Effect
13. Roundabout

Sunglaciers 2022 Live Dates

Mar 3 – Toronto, ON – The Baby G
Mar 4 – Montreal, QC – L’Esco
Mar 7 – Saratoga, NY – Desperate Annie’s
Mar 8 – Troy, NY – No Fun
Mar 9-12 – New York, NY – New Colossus Festival
Mar 13 – Washington, DC – Pie Shop
Mar 15 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Roboto Project
Mar 16 – Cincinnati, OH – TBD
Mar 17 – Indianapolis, IN – Healer
Mar 19 – Windsor, ON – Phog Lounge
Mar 26 – Calgary, AB – Palomino
Apr 8 – Edmonton, AB – Aviary

pre-order Subterranea by Sun Glaciers HERE