Suuns: The Breaks (red) LP

SUUNS is an experimental band from Montreal formed by Ben Shemie, Liam O'Neill, and Joseph Yarmush. They've put out six critically acclaimed full-length albums and one EP, which have been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, the ADISQ Awards and the GAMIQ Awards. Their music has been heard in films such as "Ant-Man" and "Only God Forgives" and in TV shows such as "Blacklist". On their new LP "The Breaks", SUUNS find themselves lost in limbo. The trio leans more zealously than ever into their pop instincts. Yet remarkably enough, with that same dauntless abandon, SUUNS have mined a more extreme sonic palette this time around, one that stretches far beyond their core fundamentals as a band. "The Breaks" finds Shemie, O'Neill, and Yarmush gleefully experimenting with loops, synths, samples, and MIDI instruments like a post-millennial Tangerine Dream messing with downtempo triphop beats. Forged between countless plane rides, road trips, van tours and text threads, "The Breaks" became a product of endurance and a lot of trial-and-error. It captures SUUNS at their most panoramic, curious and exuberant: a constant relay of being adrift and enlightened anew, geared up to eleven.