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BBelgium’s ULTRA SUNN has recently released a new single titled “Shake Your Demons”. It is a part of their highly-anticipated debut full-length album ‘US’, which is set to release on April 19th via Artoffact Records. The band is planning to embark on an extensive touring schedule in 2024. They have also released a video of their live performance of the new track, shot in their home turf. This is the first part of three live sessions.s is the first part of three live sessions.
Shake Your Demons strikes a harmonious balance between tranquility and captivation. It can serve as a serene backdrop to the rhythm of a workday, gently coaxing your body into motion, or it can escalate into the pulsating heart of a dance floor, inviting unrestrained movement and joy.
The song’s verses traverse the stormy waters of self-reckoning, laying bare the discord between individual intentions and the labyrinthine nature of temporal progression. The poignant image of one poised at a threshold, despite the journey’s advances, evokes enduring attachments and unquiet sentiments. With the allegorical brandishing of a firearm towards an ‘invisible confidante’ and the wilting of blossoms, the song explodes euphorically into the motifs of closure, fervent affect, and metamorphosis, ultimately crescendoing in an entreaty to liberate oneself from the clutches of emotional turbulence.
Sonically leaning into inspirations from New Beat, EBM, and UK Garage to Techno and Trance, the band cites Underworld, Faithless, Inoui, Front 242, and A Split Second as influences. Sam’s voice, as deep and mysterious as a moonless night, weaves into Gaelle’s meticulously arranged orchestra of analogue synthesizers and industrial drum machinery. Their work embodies their love for the fine arts, fashion, and the electrifying spirit of Coldwave, New Beat, and fresh EBM. As observers of their era, ULTRA SUNN generates vibrant, dance-inducing anthems that preach self-growth, resistance against anxiety, and champion gender equality.
“Shake Your Demons is about shaking up your bad habits, your anxieties, and refusing to get bogged down by it,” says the band. “It’s time, and it can be done with strength and tenderness.”
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The contemporary EBM/Coldwave/New Beat sensation Ultra Sunn hails from Brussels, Belgium, and was formed in late 2019 by frontman Sam Huge and keyboardist/producer Gaelle Souflet. In 2023, they were joined on stage by keyboardist and percussionist Alexis Andrigo. A lauded live act, the band has regularly played alongside Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, DAF and A Split Second.
The name ULTRA SUNN stems from Gaelle and Sam’s reflection on aesthetics, light, and the symbolism of the sun, embodying the couple’s ideals.
“The album is called ‘US,’ like the initials of ULTRA SUNN,” says the band about their forthcoming LP. “In addition to being a reference to two records that we love, VU (Velvet Underground) and AM (Arctic Monkeys), it reflects the more personal texts in this album – the bond between us (Gaelle and Sam) being stronger than ever, a new musician joining us on tour, and the bond that we have created with our audience / how the concerts are carried and experienced all together with strength and love. It’s our album, it’s yours, it’s about US.”
US is out on April 19, 2024. Pre-Order Here
Embarking on multiple legs of touring throughout this year with select festival dates (Sick New World, Catch One, Resistanz, Dark Malta, Verboden, Amphi), Ultra Sunn’s first run will kick off in Hambourg, GER, on February 8th and see them heading through Europe and the UK before switching continents. The USA tour is set to debut in Denver, CO, on April 25th and close in Seattle, WA, on May 11th, when they will return to Europe for another EU leg, including an album release party at the Orangerie au Botanique in their home town of Brussels on June 1st.
All upcoming tour dates are listed below. Find your tickets here.
ULTRA SUNN TOUR DATES:
- 02.08.24 – HAMBOURG (GER) Hafenklang
- 02.09.24 – DORTMUND (GER) Junkyard
- 02.10.24 – STRASBOURG (FR) La Laiterie
- 02.11.24 – DEN HAAG (NL) Grauzone
- 03.09.24 – BETHUNE (FR) La Poche
- 03.29.24 – LONDON (UK) Moth Club
- 03.30.24 – BRIGHTON (UK) Alphabet
- 03.31.24 – SHEFFIELD (UK) Resistanz Festival
- 04.21.24 – MALTE (MT) Dark Malta Festival
- 04.25.24 – DENVER (CO) The Oriental Theater
- 04.26.24 – LOS ANGELES (CA) Catch One
- 04.27.24 – LAS VEGAS (NV) Sick New World Festival
- 05.02.24 – PHOENIX (AZ) Rebel Lounge
- 05.03.24 – SAN DIEGO (CA) The Kensington Club
- 05.04.24 – RIVERSIDE (CA) The Hideaway Cafe
- 05.07.24 – SAN FRANCISCO (CA) DNA Lounge
- 05.08.24 – SACRAMENTO (CA) Harlows
- 05.10.24 – PORTLAND (OR) Coffin Club
- 05.11.24 – SEATTLE (WA) Substation
- 05.12.24 – VANCOUVER (BC) Verboden Festival
- 05.30.24 – PARIS (FR) Le Petit Bain
- 06.01.24 – BRUSSELS (BE) Botanique Orangerie Album Release party + Guests
- 06.06.24 – BERLIN (GER)
- 06.07.24 – KRAKOW (PL) Klub Re
- 06.08.24 – WARSAW (PL) Hydrozagadka
- 06.09.24 – WROCLAW (PL) Liverpool
- 06.28.24 – KÖLN (GER) Amphi Festival
- 08.08.24 – LOKEREN (BE) Fonnefeesten
- 09.21.24 – LAUSANNE (CH) Les Docks
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