Northwest Experimental Metal Trio SUMAC Announce New Album “The Healer”; Share New Track “Yellow Dawn”

SUMAC the Northwest-based trio consisting of guitarist/vocalist Aaron Turner, bassist Brian Cook, and drummer Nick Yacyshyn have announced their new album The Healer, out on June 21st on 2xLP. Alongside the album’s announcement, the trio have shared the single “Yellow Dawn,” an epic that churns meditative organ by Faith Coloccia into a glacial stomp that the band obliterates into swirls of airtight riffing and untethered, intoxicating improvisations.

On The Healer, recorded and mixed by Scott Evans (Kowloon Walled City, Thrice, Great Falls, Autopsy), SUMAC deepens its multi-faceted exploration into the parallel experiences of creation and destruction. Over the course of 4 tracks in 76 minutes, SUMAC presents a sequence of shifting movements which undergo a constant process of expansion, contraction, corruption and regrowth.

This musical methodology reflects the thematic nature of the record – narratives of experiential wounding as gateways to empowerment and evolution, both individual and collective. The group’s interpolation of melody, drone, improvisation, and complex riffing becomes a transmogrifying act embodying the depth of human experience. In its highest aspiration it mirrors our ability to endure mortal and spiritual challenges, through which we may emerge with an increased capacity for understanding, empathy, love of self and others. Dismal though the subterranean pits of The Healer may at first appear, from them can be felt the unwavering determination to embrace life, acknowledge interdependence, and honour the gift of existence.

In support of the release of The Healer, SUMAC will be touring throughout North America, including a set at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival alongside Moor Mother, whom they recently recorded with.

In anticipation of The Healer‘s release, SUMAC have announced a string of west coast shows in June + July 2024.  Pre-order The Healer here and look for more from SUMAC soon.

SUMAC, on tour:

June 21 Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club (Vancouver International Jazz Fest) ^
June 22 Seattle, WA @ Clock-Out Lounge #
June 23 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios #
June 25 Chico, CA @ Naked Lounge Coffee #
June 26 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill #
June 27 Oxnard, CA @ Mrs. Olson’s #
June 28 Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon #
June 29 Los Angeles, CA @ 2220 Arts + Archives
June 30 Las Vegas, NV @ Backstage Bar & Billiards
July 1 Reno, NV @ Holland Project