SUUNS announce their new LP The Breaks, will drop on September 6th via Secret City Records (Owen Pallett, Patrick Watson) Joyful Noise Records (Marnie Stern, Deerhoof). The band includes Ben Shemie, Joseph Yarmush, and Liam O’Neill. The trio will be touring behind the album, starting June 5th in Saint-Hyacinthe, QC.

Ahead of the album’s arrival, the Montreal band have shared a video for “The Breaks.” Director Alexander 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.”

“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,” multi-instrumentalist Yarmush adds.

By fate and circumstance, O’Neill took point in the producer’s chair for The Breaks, arranging, structuring, and editing many of Shemie and Yarmush’s ideas from sporadic rehearsal sessions into Pro Tools, reimagining the songs over and over during a two-year time frame. “We were making this album at a time I just didn’t really have a lot going on in my life other than music,” O’Neill says. “Sometimes we arrived at these moments of impasse and where we didn’t know what to do. And I just found myself really getting into it. Let’s try this and this! And just try everything. I had a lot of energy, and I felt really passionate about it.”

Suuns
The Breaks
Tracklist
Secret City Records/Joyful Noise Recordings

1. Vanishing Point
2. Fish on a String
3. Rage
4. Road Signs and Meanings
5. Overture
6. Wave
7. Doreen
8. The Breaks

Suuns 2024 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

Pre-order The Breaks by Suuns HERE