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Six Hours 42 Minutes with SUMAC

Posted by Loren on May 31, 2024

Six Hours 42 Minutes with SUMAC
photo by Nate Newton

SUMAC has a new album called The Healer, a 4-track, 2xLP out June 21 via Thrill Jockey. They shared a single earlier

Now, the band is also sharing a documentary made by Damien Neva, titled Six Hours 42 Minutes with SUMAC (posted below).

The band, featuring guitarist/vocalist Aaron Turner, bassist Brian Cook, and drummer Nick Yacyshyn, will be on tour 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
Six Hours 42 Minutes with SUMAC
photo by Nate Newton

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