Sun Voyager Debut Album Due Early 2016
It’s true that, if you’ve been keeping up, I’ve been posting news about Sun Voyager‘s debut full-length since May 2014. The New York psych rockers have in the interim released their third EP in the form of this year’s Lazy Daze tape (review here) as a follow-up to 2013’s sleepy-dreamy Mecca (review here), and while there’s not much I’d trade that short offering for, they’re probably due for their first album. Early 2016 is the current due date for the yet-untitled affair, which will also mark the band’s first recording as a trio following the amicable departure of guitarist Steve Friedman, to whom the band will say goodbye on a forthcoming split 7″ with The Mad Doctors on King Pizza Records.
The now-three-piece update on the progress for the album, their lineup and some shows for next month:
Sun Voyager Update: Studio This Month, 7″ & Debut Album Early Next Year
It’s been a hell of a year. We played 50 shows and we’re still making friends all over the world, but we’re still growing and we’re still writing. The wheels are spinning on an actual full length. This time, we mean it. We’re in the studio this month to begin tracking, for the first time, as a three piece. Yes, Steve has gone on to greener pastures in the great Southern state of Alabama. The three of us couldn’t wish anything but the best for him. He left things on good terms and we’re still great friends. Our last recording with him will be coming out in early 2016 on a 7″ vinyl split on King Pizza Records with our brothers The Mad Doctors.
Even though it’s awesome to be able to give you guys some wax to spin, we’re not waiting for vinyl to release our debut. We’ll have CDs and tapes and maybe vinyl eventually. The split should hold you over just fine though. Our good friend Joe Hernandez (The Tye Trybe) is working on the artwork and it looks absolutely killer. If you liked Cosmic Tides and Mecca, you’ll be happy to know that we’re going back to Boomstick Recording Studio to lay down some tracks with Jeff Rendano. We will also be traveling to Asbury Park to hang with our friend Paul Ritchie of The Parlor Mob and Gods and tracking some more down there.
You’ll be able hear some of the new stuff on these January tour dates:
January 3rd – Shea Stadium, Brooklyn, NY
January 15th – The Dev, Utica, NY
January 16th – The Vault, Syracuse, NY
The album is largely for us because it’s a big accomplishment and we want to put something out that we all really like, but it’s also largely for you. Thank you for your continued support. We’ll see you next year.
-Stefan, Carlos, Kyle
We’re running super low on t-shirt’s and tapes. You can get them from us or King Pizza Records.
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