Zeroes QC, by SUUNS

Zeroes QC

by SUUNS

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1.	Armed For Peace 03:37	buy track
2.	Gaze 03:56	buy track
3.	Arena 05:11	buy track
4.	Pie IX 03:16	buy track
5.	Marauder 01:49	buy track
6.	Sweet Nothing 07:03	buy track
7.	Up Past The Nursery 03:22	buy track
8.	PVC 03:39	buy track
9.	Fear 01:58	buy track
10.	Organ Blues 03:44	buy track

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Montreal’s Suuns possess a rare trait in rock music: restraint. They use it like an instrument, which makes their debut full-length 'Zeroes QC' as unsettling as it is wonderfully exasperating. It’s immediately apparent in album opener “Armed for Peace,” a track that starts off like a robot breaking down in a hot desert; the song’s mechanic beat plods like iron-shoed footsteps as the melody of a wheezing synth mirrors the crackling sound of old transistors and circuitry being cooked in the sun. It’s deceptively lulling, the tension almost unnoticeably wrenching up and up until the track unexpectedly opens into a barrage of nose-diving guitar riffs and crashing drums – yet the band still stays locked on the song’s linear, forward-motion direction.

'Zeroes QC' is a warm yet dark, propulsive collusion of pop, post-punk and experimental rock – one that allows the group to musically shapeshift without losing any of the sense of tension and unease that runs throughout the record. During tracks like “Gaze,” tightly wound guitars and bass ring and buzz atop Liam’s metronomic, powerhouse drumming, with Ben’s cool, detached vocals acting as a nervy counterweight as he delivers falsely assuring lines like, “Don’t you be yourself, you are someone else.” Often his close-miced sing/speak is as metronomic as it is melodic; in “Arena” Ben’s rhythmic “What-choo, what-choo”’s are reminiscent of Suicide’s Alan Vega as he leads the band’s death disco groove into a bloodbath of razor-sharp guitars, while his icy, hushed delivery in “Sweet Nothing” is almost as motorik as the song itself. Most impressive, though, is how Suuns effortlessly sculpt memorable pop songs from experimental building blocks, frequently using noise and space as actual hooks. All of this amounts to a great first album – one that is as timeless as it is thrillingly modern.

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released October 12, 2010

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SUUNS Montreal, Québec

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May 28

The Bug Jar

Rochester, NY
May 29

The Stone Church

Brattleboro, VT
May 30

Crystal Ballroom

Boston, MA
May 31

Music Hall of Williamsburg

Brooklyn, NY
Jun 1

Underground Arts

Philadelphia, PA
Jun 2

No Fun

New York (NYC), NY
Jun 5

Le Zaricot

Saint-Hyacinthe, QC
Jun 6

La Petite Boîte Noire

Sherbrooke, QC
Jun 7

CEM

Chicoutimi, QC
Sep 12

No90 Hackney Wick

London, UK
Sep 13

Leffingeleuren Festival

Leffinge, Belgium
Sep 14

Paradiso

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sep 15

L'Epicerie Moderne

Feyzin, France
Sep 16

Espace Julien

Marseille, France
Sep 17

Le Trabendo

Paris, France
Sep 18

Reeperbahn Festival

Hamburg, Germany
Sep 19

REFLEKTOR

Liège, Belgium
Sep 20

Lantaren Venster

Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sep 22

Lido

Berlin, Germany

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