SUMAC PREMIERE NEW DOCUMENTARY, SIX HOURS 42 MINUTES WITH SUMAC, VIA ROADBURN FESTIVAL, DIRECTED BY DAMIEN NEVA
30th May 2024Ahead of the release of SUMAC’s expansive new album The Healer and upcoming North American tour dates, Roadburn Festival have premiered a new documentary directed by Damien Neva. Filmed at the trio’s recent show in Boston, Neva’s 15min documentary is an intimate look at one of the world’s most respected experimental bands. The film not only captures the full cathartic force of the band’s live performance but also the liminal moments that makeup touring life: sound checks and SUMAC’s careful calibration of their sound to the dimensions of the performance space, conversations with the artists, even grabbing food or prepping to go on stage. It is an unpretentious, honest, and highly illuminating portrait of some of improvised/avant/heavy music’s most forward thinkers.
On The Healer, the new full-length from Northwest-based trio SUMAC consisting of guitarist/vocalist Aaron Turner, bassist Brian Cook, and drummer Nick Yacyshyn, the group deepens its multi-faceted exploration into the parallel experiences of creation and destruction. Over the course of 4 tracks in 76 minutes, SUMAC presents a sequence of shifting movements that undergo a constant process of expansion, contraction, corruption, and regrowth.
SUMAC TOUR DATES:
Jun. 21 – Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club (Vancouver International Jazz Fest) ^ [tickets]
Jun. 22 – Seattle, WA – Clock-Out Lounge # [tickets]
Jun. 23 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios # [tickets]
Jun. 25 – Chico, CA – Naked Lounge Coffee #
Jun. 26 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill # [tickets]
Jun. 27 – Oxnard, CA – Mrs. Olson’s # [tickets]
Jun. 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon * [tickets]
Jun. 29 – Los Angeles, CA – 2220 Arts + Archives ~
Jun. 30 – Las Vegas, NV – Backstage Bar & Billiards % [tickets]
Jul. 1 – Reno, NV – Holland Project % [tickets]
^ w/ Moor Mother
* w/ White Boy Scream
# w/ White Boy Scream, Grave Infestation
% w/ White Boy Scream, Rile
~ w/ Zachary Watkins, Sulphuric Cautery
