The minimal kick drum beat that runs through the first part of “Overture” by SUUNS is like a faint heartbeat underneath the glittering synth figure. The vocals sound like they’re reading from a mix of an existential diary and mystical poetry as they sing lines like “Blink twice. Your eyes are full of heaven. Cross with me to the other side” and “Do yo hear my voice? Do you hear my dreams?” And it all builds to moments of sublime exultation mid-song with orchestrated pulses of sound and high pitched dissonant distortion like the song is overheating and ready to burst right before the end when the song enigmatically ends with the line “We bummed a ride on dead end streets and lost our way on the road to Mecca, free.” It all sounds like something promising something even more glorious ahead, a resolution to the mysterious imagery and poetry of the rest of the song and yet it’s a piece that sits in the middle of the Canadian group’s new album The Breaks (out September 6, 2024 via Joyful Noise Recordings on CD, red vinyl and for digital download and streaming). But that’s long been one of the band’s appeals of nearly surreal lyrics, unconventional sonics arranged into a coherent song that appeal to fans of left field indie rock and the avant-garde both. But more than anything for this record it piques the interest to hear what else SUNNS has been crafting since the release of its 2021 album The Witness and thus the title is fitting for the song itself and where it fits in the context of a record. Listen to “Overture” on Spotify and follow SUUNS at the links below.
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