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SUMAC record, remix, tour

Posted by Loren on June 16, 2024

SUMAC record, remix, tour
photo by Mitchell Wojcik

SUMAC has a busy 2024 underway. We've already shared news of new album The Healer, out June 21.

The band will also hit the road shortly after the album's release, with dates in June, July, and August on the books.

Touring kicks off at Vancouver Jazz Festival, which also pairs the band with Moor Mother, who recently remixed "World of Light" from the upcoming record. The remix is part of the accompanying The Healer Remix EP, The Keeper's Tongue, out July 5 and also featuring reimaginings from Raven Chacon.

The Healer tracklist:

  1. World of Light
  2. Yellow Dawn
  3. New Rites
  4. The Stone's Turn

SUMAC tour dates:

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 % 

August 1  Salt Lake City - Urban Lounge +   

August 2  Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf 
August 3   Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad + 
August 4  Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar + 
August 5  Silver City, NM - Whiskey Creek Zócalo +  
August 7  San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger + 
August 8  Austin, TX - Parish + 
August 9  Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves + 
August 10  Oklahoma City, OK - 89th St Conservatory + 
August 11  Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck + 

^ w/ Moor Mother
# w/ White Boy Scream, Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean
* w/ Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean, Sulfuric Cautery
~ w/ Zachary Watkins, White Boy Scream
% w/ White Boy Scream, Rile
+ w/ Portrayal of Guilt, Trigger Object

SUMAC record, remix, tour
photo by Mitchell Wojcik

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