sunn O))) share the new track “Butch’s Guns”, another standout from the band’s forthcoming eponymous album. The new song is available today on all streaming services.
Also today, sunn O))) is announcing a Summer 2026 European & UK headlining tour beginning Tuesday, June 23rd in Zurich, CH at Rote Fabrik and currently running through Monday, July 6th + Tuesday, July 7th in Berlin, DE for a two-night stand at Silent Green Betonhalle. The tour will include stops in Belgium (Antwerp), the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Germany (Köln), and the UK (Bristol, Brighton, Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham, and London). Additional live dates to be announced soon.
Tickets for the majority of these June and July shows go on sale Friday, February 20th at 10 am CET. Please find a current list of dates below.
Listen to “Butch’s Guns” below.
sunn O))) recently added shows to the band’s upcoming 2026 North American headline tour in support of the album. The tour will now include stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, New York, Denver, Boise, Seattle, and Portland (OR). Tickets for the North American shows below are on sale now.
North American Tour Dates 2026:
Mon. Mar. 30 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
Tue. Mar. 31 – Los Angeles, CA – The United Theater on Broadway
Wed. Apr. 01 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
Fri. Apr. 03 – Dallas, TX – Trees Lounge
Sat. Apr. 04 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
Sun. Apr. 05 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
Mon. Apr. 06 – New Orleans, LA – Civic Theatre
Tue. Apr. 07 – Atlanta, GA – The Goat Farm
Thu. Apr. 09 – Columbus, OH – The Bluestone
Fri. Apr. 10 – Washington, DC – The Lincoln Theatre
Sat. Apr. 11 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Sun. Apr. 12 – New York, NY – The Town Hall
Mon. Apr. 13 – Montreal, QC – Le National
Tue. Apr. 14 – Toronto, ON – 131 McCormack
Thu. Apr. 16 – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed
Sat. Apr. 18 – Iowa City, IA – Englert Theatre
Sun. Apr. 19 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
Mon. Apr. 20 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Wed. Apr. 22 – Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club
Fri. Apr. 24 – Seattle, WA – Showbox (So Do)
Sat. Apr. 25 – Portland, OR – Roseland
European & UK Tour Dates 2026:
Tue. Jun. 23 – Zurich, CH – Rote Fabrik
Wed. Jun. 24 – Antwerp, BE – Trix
Thu. Jun. 25 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
Fri. Jun. 26 – Koln, DE – Essigfabrik
Sun. Jun. 28 – Bristol, UK – Prospect Building
Mon. Jun. 29 – Brighton, UK – Corn Exchange
Tue. Jun. 30 – Liverpool, UK – The Dome
Wed. Jul. 01 – Leeds, UK – Project House
Thu. Jul. 02 – Birmingham, UK – 02 Institute
Fri. Jul. 03 – London, UK – Troxy
Mon. Jul. 06 – Berlin, DE – Silent Green Betonhalle
Tue. Jul. 07 – Berlin, DE – Silent Green Betonhalle
“sunn O)))” will be released on April 3rd, 2026, and it is available for preorder on CD/2xLP/all DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop. LP preorders through the North American Sub Pop Mega Mart will receive the limited Loser edition on opaque blue vinyl; preorders through Mega Mart Europe will receive the Loser Edition on oxblood vinyl (UK/EU) with reversed cover art. The Loser Editions will also be available at your local record store. There are also two new T-shirts (long and short sleeve) and a baseball hat available (the hat is US-only) (All vinyl colours and album merch available while stock lasts!).
Pre-order & pre-save new self-titled album here.
Tracklist:
1. XXANN
2. Does Anyone Hear Like Venom?
3. Butch’s Guns
4. Mindrolling
5. Everett Moses
6. Glory Black
Framing the album visually are two paintings by the late American artist Mark Rothko – one on the front cover and one on the back cover, with the art reversed for UK & European pressings. And, within the CD and LP package are expansive liner notes by author Robert Macfarlane, whose 2025 novel “Is a River Alive?” is one of many sources of inspiration for the album. And, illustrations by French artist Elodie Lesourd are also featured on the inner LP sleeves and accompanying album merch.
For nearly 30 years, sunn O))) – Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson – have pushed the boundaries of heavy music, straddling the worlds of the avant-garde and rock to forge a style instantly recognisable as their own. Now, sunn O))) return with their first album of new material since 2019’s acclaimed “Pyroclasts”. Their tenth album – their debut for Sub Pop – demonstrates the duo’s mastery of time and space, light and dark, and their willingness to evolve their unmistakable sound into bold new forms.
The eponymously titled sunn O))) was tracked at Bear Creek Studios, Woodinville, Washington with Brad Wood. This location proved crucial to the recording process. “The vast tracking room had big windows looking out on trees”, says O’Malley. “We could go hiking and be out in the woods, spend time outdoors. That became a big part of it”.
sunn O))) have long welcomed collaborators into their self-contained world: past work has featured, Attila Csihar (Mayhem), composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, multi-instrumentalist Steve Moore, polymath Mark Deutrom, Silkworm’s Tim Midyett and legendary singer-songwriter Scott Walker. But on this album O’Malley and Anderson found fresh possibilities in the primal territory of the duo format, performing all the instrumentation themselves. “What’s been happening with our performances over the last couple years with the two of us and no other collaborators has been really fresh and exciting”, says Anderson.
The compositions on sunn O))) are expansive and panoramic yet finely detailed, reflecting the arboreal setting in which they were recorded. Amidst howling feedback and glacial crunch, one finds surprisingly delicate moments: a field recording of water trickles beneath, piano interludes lend a hushed, solemn feel. All while the duo attains fresh heights of telepathic intensity as they shape music that breathes the bracing, earthy air of the Pacific Northwest.
Through the work of the band, Macfarlane’s liner notes, and Rothko’s paintings, sound, word and visual combine into a fully immersive experience that is undeniably, completely sunn O))).
