The Healer

by SUMAC

The Healer cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 June 2024
  • Label: Thrill Jockey
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:16:09
  • Community rating: 4.12/5 from 13 ratings

Artists on this release: Brian Cook, Nick Yacyshyn

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Healer' was recorded by engineer Scott Evans and features the core trio exploring long-form, multi-movement compositions. The sessions emphasize real-time interaction and improvisational freedom, reacting against the highly edited standards of modern heavy music. The lyrical content, penned by Aaron Turner, centers on personal healing and the necessity of vulnerability in a hostile world.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisational, uncompromising, avant-garde, droning, monolithic, long-form, noisy, distorted, experimental, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. World of Light (25:53)
  2. Yellow Dawn (12:49)
  3. New Rites (12:51)
  4. The Stone's Turn (24:35)

Credits

  • SUMAC - primary artist, copyright
  • Aaron Turner - artwork [art], design, guitar, voice, recorded by [additional recording by]
  • Brian Cook - bass
  • Nick Yacyshyn - drums, percussion
  • Scott Evans - engineer [engineered by], mixed by
  • Matthew Barnhart - mastered by
  • Faith Coloccia - tape [tapes], organ

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