KEIJI HAINO + SUMAC "American Dollar Bill..."

Very happy to announce the forthcoming collaborative album between Keiji Haino and SUMAC - "American dollar bill - Keep facing sideways, You’re too hideous to look at face on" due out via Thrill Jockey in Feb 2018. We're hoping to have copies available for sale on our upcoming west coast tour with Converge as well. Above and below are previews of the album art generated using recent paintings, photos from our studio session and with design assistance by Faith Coloccia. There will also be some test pressings of this album for sale with the original art created for the album - more on that shortly.

Thank you.

RECENT INTERVIEWS

photo by: Faith Coloccia


Recent interviews:

Metalsucks podcast

Peer Pleasure podcast

Never Mind The Hype video interview

Thank you.


Recently enjoying: Ryo Murakami "Esto", Basic House "I Could Tell You But Then....", "Labyrinths" Jorge Luis Borges, "Sunburning" Keiler Roberts, Full of Hell + Merzbow, Ghedalia Tazartes "Diasporas", ENDON "Through the Mirror", NORDRA - s/t, Zachary James Watkins - live compositions at The Chapel, Seattle, etc.

SUMAC/OXBOW Europe 2017

I have neglected my blog for a long while. This is my attempt to get back to updating it regularly. 

Poster image above - art by F. Coloccia, design by me.

Here are the dates for the upcoming SUMAC / Oxbow European tour. Thank you.

SUMAC/OXBOW 

EUROPE 2017

20/04 - PRAGUE, CZ

21/04 - LEIPZIG, DE

22/04 - KARLSRUHE, DE

23/04 - TILBURG, NL

24/04 - BRUSSELS, BE

25/04 - LONDON, UK

26/04 - LEEDS, UK

27/04 - BRIGHTON, UK

28/04 - PARIS, FR

29/04 - CREIL, FR

01/05 - MILAN, IT

02/05 - RAVENNA, IT

03/05 - LAUSANNE, CH

04/05 - MUNICH, DE

05/05 - BERLIN, DE

06/05 - COPENHAGEN, DK

SUMAC EAST COAST TOUR

SUMAC east coast tour begins next week. Dates and info below. Thank you.

Aug. 5 - Portsmouth, NH - 3S Artspace *
Aug. 6 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz PDB *
Aug. 7 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison *
Aug. 8 - Detroit, MI - El Club *
Aug. 9 - Chicago, IL - Township *
Aug. 10 - Chicago, IL - Township *
Aug. 11 - Columbus, OH - Double Happiness *
Aug. 12 - Nashville, TN - The End *
Aug. 13 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl †
Aug. 14 - Durham, NC - The Pinhook #
Aug. 15 - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter #
Aug. 16 - Washington, DC - DC9 Nightclub #
Aug. 18 - Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus Bar #
Aug. 19 - Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle #
Aug. 20 - Allston, MA - Great Scott #

* w/ Jon Mueller, nordra
# w/ Jaye Jayle, nordra
† w/ nordra, Deafheaven

SUMAC "WHAT ONE BECOMES" CS ART PREVIEW

Above: color separation proofs from the SUMAC "What One Becomes" cassette version.

SUMAC "THE DEAL" TEST PRESS PAINTED EDITIONS

Above - paintings for the test press versions of SUMAC's "The Deal" 2xLP (SIGE 037). 
Edition of 7, ink/plaka on paper.

Enjoying: Hander som vardar "Aristokrat", Grimes "Art Angels", Shape of Despair "Monotony Fields", Harry Pussy "One Plus One", Kowloon Walled City "Grievances", Neutral s/t, Akhlys "The Dreaming I", Mt Erie "Sauna", Mt Erie "Ocean Roar", 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 RELEASES

Above and below: the new string of SIGE releases in various states of assembly.

Busy fall for SIGE Records - we have the following new titles now available for order from the SIGE webstore:

- Circle "Pharaoh Overlord" CS
- Pharaoh Overlord "Circle" CS
- Mamiffer/Oakeater split CS
- SUMAC "The Deal" CS
- Jussi Lehtisalo "Maisteri" CS
- Oakeater "Aquarius" LP/CS/digital
- Daniel Menche & Mamiffer "Crater" CD/digital

Up next is "Surfacing", the debut release from Faith Coloccia's new solo project Mára.
You can view a video for one of the songs from the album via The Wire Magazines website here.

Thank you.

SUMAC WRITING, ETC

Writing for the next SUMAC album is well under way. Recording commences next month at The Unknown in Anacortes, WA. Kurt Ballou will be working with us again on this one for the recording/mixing.

SUMAC also has a webstore now. It's here. And we're setting up a west coast/southwest tour for Feb/March 2016.

More soon...

SUMAC, MAMIFFER, OLD MAN GLOOM, ETC

Some news regarding recent and upcoming activities....


MAMIFFER:

Upcoming shows:
DISJECTA,  Portland, OR - May 1st - live collab with Daniel Menche
LEVITATION, Vancouver, BC - June 7th
SLED ISLAND - June 24-28


"Status Nascendi" cassette version and new t-shirt now available here:
SIGE BIG CARTEL


SUMAC:

New interviews here:
BEARDED MAGAZINE
ABOUT.COM

"The Deal" 2xLP repress and new shirt available here:
SIGE MERCHTABLE

Upcoming shows:
SLED ISLAND  - June 24-28

And a new live video:





OLD MAN GLOOM:

"Meditations in B" LP reissue, new t-shirt, and "The Ape of God" LP represses here:
HYDRA HEAD MERCHTABLE

Upcoming shows:
PSYCHO, Santa Ana, CA - June 15th
MEXICO CITY, Mexico - June 16th (with Cave In)

Thank you.


Now enjoying: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie "We Should All be Feminists", Iannis Xenakis "Polytope de Cluny", Mika Vainio "Time Examined", Execration "Morbid Dimensions", Joyce Carol Oates "Black Water", Arv & Miljö "Orientering/Dena Värld", Ascension "The Dead of the World", Arvo Pärt "Adam's Lament", etc.

SUMAC UPDATE, MAMIFFER VIDEO, ETC.

Above: cover for the forth coming SUMAC album "The Deal". Artwork by Faith Coloccia, design by Turner/Coloccia.


The SUMAC album will be released Feb 17th via Profound Lore (CD/digital), SIGE Records (2xLP/cs) and Daymare Recordings (CD Japan). Pre-order info will be posted as it becomes available. There is a preview song from the album below, and another will follow shortly after the new year. A short video/audio sample from the album is also viewable here.





Also: Mamiffer has a new video/remix collaboration with Daniel Menche. It's based off the track "Enantiodromia" from the recently released "Statu Nascendi" album. And here it is:





Lastly - winter and spring tours/live events are currently in the works for Mamiffer, SUMAC and Old Man Gloom. Please visit their respective internet outlets for updates/further details. Looking forward to it all....

-Happy Holidays!

SUMAC

Sumac is a new band, the core membership consisting of myself and Nick Yacyshyn (also of Baptists). We have completed our first record "The Deal" which will be released via Profound Lore (CD), and SIGE Records (LP) in Feb 2015. Bass on the album was done by Brian Cook (Russian Circles, Botch, etc), who will hopefully join us as an auxiliary/intermittent member for live performances when possible. We are pursuing this as a fully functional band rather than side project, with plans to play live in the coming year and continue with further writing/recording thereafter.

The album was recorded by Mell Dettmer at Litho and Aleph in Settle, with additional recording done at home. It was mixed by Kurt Ballou at God City, Salem, MA. Artwork is underway, a collaborative process between Faith Coloccia and myself - previews of that and audio clips to come in the next month or so.

Track titles are as follows:

1. Spectral Gold  (03:26)
2. Thorn in the Lion's Paw  (09:04)
3. Hollow King  (12:26)
4. Blight's End Angel  (10:19)
5. The Deal (13:34)
6. Radiance of Being  (05:25)