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Heaven Hang Over Me is the brand new album from Sunnsetter, coming out on November 15, 2024. Paper Bag Records has pressed a limited edition of 100 Cream Colour Vinyl which are available for pre-order while quantities last!
Heaven Hang Over Me was created solely by Andrew McLeod who wrote, performed, produced, mixed, and recorded it all on their own. The multi-talented artist (who is also currently a member of OMBIIGIZI and Zoon) has gravitated toward making a new solo album with “heavier music”, as they've always wanted to.
“I’ve played in metal bands, sludgey bands, noise rock bands but when it comes to recording, I’ve always fallen back on self-producing and writing things that made sense within the context of a singular individual multi-tracking and recording it all myself. Which by the very nature of it makes the idea of creating something that sound like a band playing a song difficult to do. There is a catharsis that comes from playing heavy music that I find myself pining after, since starting to play live as a band. The feeling of letting go and yelling and carrying on in front of people in a room is something that really drives me. Enveloping myself and everyone else in that room with sound, and letting it take over in a way that feels overwhelming and all consuming.”
Where previous LP The best that I can be., tentatively expanded their musical butterfly wings beyond the cocoon of their several previous solo releases, tenderly exploring the internal battle of processing the death of a close friend, this new album sees Sunnsetter building an unapologetic outward-facing sonic palate while genre mashing tones and textures. The theme of dealing with ever-present anxiety, is present in tracks like "Fear it comes in waves", "I want to live (the body is a place of rest)", and "I feel everything". The new alternative version of "I ACTUALLY DON'T WANNA DIE"(originally released on the 2018 album Worrybody), re-recorded with McLeod's new live band, shows Sunnsetter's current musical mindset blending in a masterful collision of soft and loud, and genres that both whiplashes the listener and sonically appeases the soul with the melodic dexterity they achieve within a tidal wave of sound.
The LP title is drawn from a misheard Nirvana lyric (in 1993’s In Utero track, ‘Dumb’). When Cobain sings "have a hangover now” it translated to Andrew’s ears as “heaven hang over now”, an earworm that has stuck with them.
*NOTE: "Nothing to fear" (bonus track) is only available on the digital album and CD
VINYL TRACKLISTING:
1. Fear it comes in waves
2. I ACTUALLY DON'T WANNA DIE
3. Try Again
4. I want to live (the body is a place of rest)
5. Never forget
6. Bittersweet
7. Take a shot
8. I feel everything
9. The moon, and in the water
CD AND DIGITAL TRACKLISTING:
1. Fear it comes in waves
2. I ACTUALLY DON'T WANNA DIE
3. Try Again
4. Bittersweet
5. I want to live (the body is a place of rest)
6. Never forget
7. Nothing to fear (bonus track)
8. Take a shot
9. I feel everything
10. The moon, and in the water
Catalogue No.: PAPER156
Release Date: November 15, 2024
