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SUMAC season

Posted by Loren on April 7, 2024

SUMAC season
photo by Nate Newton

SUMAC unveiled "Yellow Dawn" this week, the first new material from the band's upcoming 4-track, 76-minute double LP The Healer, out June 21 on Thtill Jockey.

The three-member band consists of  guitarist/vocalist Aaron Turner, bassist Brian Cook, and drummer Nick Yacyshyn, with Faith Coloccia playing organ on the single.

SUMAC will also be touring along the west coast of the US and Canada this summer.

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

^ w/ Moor Mother
* w/ White Boy Scream
# w/ White Boy Scream, Grave Infestation
% w/ White Boy Scream, Rile
~ w/ Zachary Watkins, Sulphuric Cautery

The Healer tracklist:

  1. World of Light
  2. Yellow Dawn
  3. New Rites
  4. The Stone's Turn
SUMAC season
photo by Nate Newton

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