Biography
White Suns formed in Brooklyn as a noise rock trio with Dana Matthiessen, Kevin Barry, and Rick Visser. Their sound merges hardcore punk and harsh noise into a relentless, punishing attack marked by irregular meters, vocals that alternate between screams and spoken delivery, and piercing electronic feedback. Savage yet purging, the material balances disorder with strict discipline while steering clear of repetition. The group coalesced near 2006 and put out multiple cassettes, among them a 2009 split alongside Vancouver's Shearing Pinx, ahead of their first proper full-length, Waking in the Reservoir, which appeared on Weasel Walter's ugEXPLODE label in 2011. Sinews followed on Load Records the next year. White Suns joined The Flenser in 2014, issuing Totem, among their most refined and unbridled statements to that point. Psychic Drift appeared in 2017, a daring sonic edifice that foregrounded samples, synthesizers, and field recordings rather than the band's customary ferocious barrage.
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