In 1986 , an annual exhibition called Images du futur debuted in Montr eal . An artistic interpretation of science and technology , the exhibition explored futuristic ideas that its creator , Hervé Fischer suggested would become obsolete within a few years . The concept was to blend an historic preservation of science and technology with a futur istic examination of the world we live ( d ) in . About a month ago , partly in tribute to this piece of art history , Montreal rock outfit , Suuns ( pronounced soons ) released an album — their second — bearing the same name .
In 1986 , an annual exhibition called Images du futur debuted in Montr eal . An artistic interpretation of science and technology , the exhibition explored futuristic ideas that its creator , Hervé Fischer suggested would become obsolete within a few years . The concept was to blend an historic preservation of science and technology with a futur istic examination of the world we live ( d ) in . About a month ago , partly in tribute to this piece of art history , Montreal rock outfit , Suuns ( pronounced soons ) released an album — their second — bearing the same name .
“ It ’ s an idea w e were playing around with on this alb um ,” says drummer Liam O ’ Neill . “ We ’ re a guitar rock band in an era that that ’ s becoming more and more rare , and we ’ re trying to have a fr esh sound in that instrumentation , in tha t kind of setup .” He pauses . “ It can be challenging .”
Suuns have risen to the challenge admirably , subtly blending live instrumentation and r ock ethics with electronics and samples . The new album builds on the success of their well-received 2010 debut , Zeroes QC , but it ’ s not a repeat of the first record . “ With the fir st one , we didn ’ t even really want to mak e a r ecord ,” laughs O ’ Neill . “ We just w anted to r ecord the songs we ’ d been working on , you know , just for ourselves . We had no ambition a t all with that album .” With Images du futur , however , they knew that people w ould be listening and the y needed to focus their sound . “ This time we were a little more selective with our ideas and we had more of a mind to making an album that had an arc and a vibe .”
Suuns approach to the r ock genre is unconventional . They incorporate elements from a lot of different styles but still somehow remain distinctly them . “ It is eclectic that way ,” says O ’ Neill . “ I think tha t comes fr om us the future
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