Photo by Charles Peterson

Pressing play on “Butch’s Guns”, you can’t anticipate instant gratification, and that is the gratification in the journey. sunn O))) have never been a band for the masses, anyhow. The droning doom metal vets are intentional in every second and heavy-weighted sonic nuance they scrape into their oft-sprawling listens, with the latest from their forthcoming self-titled 10th studio album (and first since signing with their fellow Seattle scene alternative groundbreakers, Sub Pop) immersing of your attention for 14 minutes and 12 seconds. The details are more fully etched into the band’s recording process, from working alongside the more embossed soundwork of Brad Wood (Sunny Day Real Estate, Liz Phair, Touché Amoré) at his Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington while being absorbed by surrounding forestry may heavily inform your own. In this instance, imagine the tree spirits have come back to take back what is theirs, and their branches are armed and dangerous.

sunn O)))’s sunn O))) will be released April 3rd on Sub Pop.