[News] North/South Carolina Heavy Rock outfit SHUN issues “Aviator” Remix

North/South Carolina-based Heavy Rock outfit SHUN is pleased to unleash a remixed edition of “Aviator.” The track comes by way of the band’s “Dismantle” full-length, released last Summer via Small Stone Recordings. The remix comes courtesy of Britton Barker (AKA Catch The Rise).

Comments guitarist/vocalist Matt Whitehead: “We were approached at a show by Britton Barker (AKA Catch The Rise) about doing an electronic remix of a SHUN song. Being fans of things like Depeche Mode, Crosses, NIN, Ministry, and the like, we were into the idea but had no idea what to actually expect. Ultimately, his interpretation took the song somewhere new while still keeping the vibe of the original.

Dismantle” is available on CD, limited LP, and digital formats through Small Stone Recordings.

Purchase on Bandcamp: https://smallstone.bandcamp.com/album/dismantle

Fans of Torche, Cave In, Alice In Chains, Failure, ASG and huge riffs, pay heed.

SHUN released their self-titled debut to positive critical acclaim through Small Stone in 2021. Three years later, “Dismantle” continues several crucial threads from the debut in terms of songwriting and the returning production of J. Robbins (Jawbox, Government Issue) – who also contributes percussion, guitar, and synth to the record – while expanding their scope with a more refined crunch and drifting, ethereal outreach. It is heavier and paints a broader landscape in Matt Whitehead’s vocal and guitar melodies, able to take a Prog Metal chug in “Horses” and reshape it as the backdrop for weighted Post-Rock while refusing to sap its own vitality in service to Shoegazey posturing.

Bands such as Cave In and Hum feel like touchstones as much as Sabbath and whom, or whatever, may have inspired the crush tucked at the end of “You’re The Sea,” and while “Dismantle” may hint as a title at notions of things coming apart, there’s as much being built in its ten tracks as is being destroyed. What results from the trio of Whitehead, bassist Jeff Baucom, and drummer Rob Elzey (Bo Leslie has since joined on guitar, re-completing the lineup) is material varied in its purpose but drawn together in traditional fashion by the electricity of its performances.

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Author: Jacopo Vigezzi

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