Sunn O))): listen to “Butch’s Guns”, the new single previewing the self-titled album

Sunn O))) have released "Butch's Guns", the new single previewing the self-titled album due out April 3rd via Sub Pop. The track arrives just a few weeks after "Glory Black", the first single released last month.

"Butch's Guns" confirms the sonic blueprint that has made the Seattle duo instantly recognizable: layered guitar masses, stretched-out dynamics, and a focus on low frequencies that favors tension and timbral density over traditional song structure. The single's release marks another step toward the new record. Alongside it, the band has announced a European tour set for June and July. No Italian dates are planned at the moment.

Listen to "Butch's Guns" below.

Following the EP "Eternity's Pillars", released as the first signal of their partnership with Sub Pop, the duo made up of Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson have announced their first full-length album for the historic Seattle label, due out Friday, April 3, 2026. It was co-produced and mixed by the band together with Brad Wood (Hum, Tar, Sunny Day Real Estate, Liz Phair) and was recorded at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington, in January 2025.

It's now possible to listen to the album's closing track, "Glory Black." A track that neatly sums up the record's approach: deeply detuned guitars, feedback, and a gradual opening onto a more rarefied dimension, where a meditative piano writing surfaces.

This is the American band's tenth studio work and the first made up exclusively of unreleased material since "Pyroclasts" (2019).

After "Eternity's Pillars," the path taken by O'Malley and Anderson appears increasingly oriented toward subtraction. No guests, no outside collaborations: just the project's original core. A choice that also reflects the evolution of the doom priests' most recent live shows, ever more essential, immersive and ritualistic, focused on the physical impact of sound and its duration.

The recording environment itself played a significant role in the creative process. "The big room had huge windows looking out onto trees. Nature became part of the project," O'Malley explained. This relationship with the setting is clearly reflected in the music: alongside the compact, layered drones emerge moments of suspension, field recordings, water sounds and brief piano interludes that introduce a more fragile, contemplative dimension.

The visual apparatus also helps define the record's identity. Front and back covers feature two paintings by Mark Rothko, with the artwork reversed on the UK and European editions. The liner notes are penned by Robert Macfarlane, author of "Is A River Alive?" (2025), named by the band as one of their main conceptual inspirations. The packaging and merchandise are rounded out by illustrations from Élodie Lesourd.

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