no. 01: SUUNS - The Witness (2021)
BANDCAMP | WEBSITE Okay let's get this started! I'm going through my collection in the order I have them on my shelf. Which is rainbow order.
Before I get into the album, though, I have to share my ridiculous slipmat that my mom got me a couple birthdays ago.
That is a signed image from John Jagos. He finally saw me at a show in 2023. ANYWAY.
The Witness is one of 3 Suuns albums I have in here, and the most recent from them. It came after Max Henry departed the band which was a sad moment for me and left me wondering how things would change (I likened it to the same feeling I had when Rostam left Vampire Weekend). Alas he still plays synth on 3 of the tracks ("Third Stream," "Witness Protection," and "Go To My Head" - aside: I also have the latter as a single released as a split with Blonde Redhead). I can still feel his influence all over this album, even as it's a bit more viscous than the last couple of their releases.
I picked this up when a classmate gave me a gift card to one of our local record stores for my birthday. I also got Low - Hey What which we'll get to later! I think this coke bottle colour variant is sooo cool - the minimal design of this record is pretty pleasing with the stark contrast of that shocking red-orange and the soft teal. The transparent records always remind me of candy and I want to take a big crunch out of them...
I truly love this album and this band so much. I was so happy I got to see them earlier this year, as I had really gotten into them just a couple months before the beginning of the pandemic. And also the fact that I remember Ben Shemie saying somewhere that they DON'T LIKE TOURING CANADA lol.
Favourite tracks: "C-Thru" "The Fix" "The Trilogy"
