BLACK SPIRITUALS "BLACK TREATMENT" EP

Above: Black Spirituals "Black Treatment" CS. Design by A. Turner using original art elements by F. Coloccia.

Haven't been able to do as much design work as I'd like lately, so I was happy when the opportunity arose to create the sleeve for a tour CS EP by Black Spirituals. For now it's a cassette only release and currently available for order here. Thanks to Black Spirituals for asking me to do this, and to Faith for providing some excellent source materials! New Black Spirituals studio album in the works for later this year, also due for release via SIGE.


Recent enriching intake: ENDON - live, Black Spirituals - live, Sarah Ferrick - "Odette" and various comics, Champagne Mirrors "Extended Communication Techniques", Mount Eerie "Clear Moon", Circle "Pharaoh Overlord", Stilla "Ensamhetens Andar", Klaus Lang "einfalt. still.", Luigi Archetti "Null III", etc.  

SUMAC TOUR POSTPONED

It is with great regret that we are announcing the postponement of our tour that was to set begin this week - we will only be able play the Vancouver date on 2/19. In our collective careers none of us has ever had to do this, and wouldn't do so without very good reason. Here's what happened - 1: We've been applying for a visa for Nick so he can legally play in the US - as some of you may know he is Canadian. We started this process almost a year ago and were assured it would come through in time for this tour. It didn't. We can't risk him being barred from the country for good by bringing him over for this tour without one. 2: One of us has had a health crisis within our very immediate family - one that requires being close to home for the foreseeable future. One of these reasons alone would've been enough to shut the tour down, the two combined makes it basically impossible. Believe us when we say no one is more disappointed than we are, and we WILL make this up in the very near future, once the above obstacles have been overcome. In the meantime come see us in Vancouver this weekend if you can, and please go see our great friends ENDON and Black Spirituals who will be doing the rest of the tour without us. They are two of the best bands going at the moment and very worthy of your time and attention. Both have done a lot to make this tour happen (ENDON coming all the way from Japan), and would love your attendance at the remaining shows. Thank you all for your support and we look forward to seeing you very soon.

-SUMAC

p.s. we'll have some good news about our other activities to share with you later this week...

SUMAC WEST COAST/SOUTHWEST TOUR 2016

Newly announced SUMAC west coast/southwest tour dates below. We will be touring with the highly exceptional groups ENDON (Japan) and Black Spirituals (Oakland). Looking forward to it - hope to see you out there. We'll be playing a few songs from the new album as well....

2/18 Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown *
2/19 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret *
2/20 Seattle, WA @ Funhouse *
2/21 Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar *
2/22 Eugene, OR @ The Boreal %
2/25 Chico, CA @ Cafe Coda %
2/26 San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern *
2/27 Glendale, CA @ Complex *
2/28 Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge ^
2/29 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister ^
3/1 El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace ^
3/3 Austin, TX @ Sidewinder ^
3/4 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada ^

* w/ Endon, Black Spirituals
% w/ Endon
^ w/ Black Spirituals

NEW SIGE TRACKS: OLD MAN GLOOM + BLACK SPIRITUALS

Above:  Old Man Gloom "The Ape of God" LP cover - drawings by me, design by Faith Coloccia, and Black Spirituals "Of Deconstruction" LP cover, art and design by F. Coloccia.

SIGE is working on a bunch of new releases for the fall, and we now have a couple tracks to share from two of them - Old Man Gloom "The Lash" and Black Spirituals "Radiant". The cassette version of the Black Spirituals album is available now from the SIGE mail-order store, the LP and digital versions coming shortly. The Old Man Gloom LP/cassette will be available in Nov from SIGE, with the CD and digital versions coming courtesy of Profound Lore.

Thank you.





Currently enjoying: Trepaneringsritualen "Perfection + Permanence", James Hollis "The Wounding & Healing of Men", Kerry James Marshall "Painting and Other Stuff",  Diamanda Galas "Saint of the Pit", Gorguts "From Wisdom to Hate", Brunhild Ferrari & Gol "Play Luc Farrari's Exercises d'improrvisation", Blut Aus Nord "What Once Was - Leber II", etc.

MAMIFFER SHOWS THIS WEEKEND

Hello,

Mamiffer will be playing two shows this weekend, starting tonight in Seattle. Both will be with Black Spirituals and Jessika Kenney (with Eyvind Kang). Info is as follows:

08/28  -  The Chapel, Seattle WA

http://www.waywardmusic.org/event/black-spiritualsjessika-kenneymamiffer/

08/30 -  Disjecta Gallery, Portland OR

http://disjecta.org/visit

Mamiffer will be performing as the core duo of Faith Coloccia and Aaron Turner. Additionally, Daniel Menche will be performing live visuals in conjunction with Mamiffer's Portland performance.

Both are early shows, so show up.... early!

Thank you.

Photo: Meg Webster