Portland, Oregon-based Psychedelic outfit Sun Atoms have revealed their new 2-track single “Take This Love” with B-side And The Lion Saw The UFO“ released via Little Cloud Records digitally and on 7-inch vinyl. They’ve also released a sci-fi video, created by Bradley Tuazon at Oregon’s world-famous Airplane Home.
Sun Atoms is made up of bassist Peter G. Holmström (The Dandy Warhols, Pete International Airport), vocalist Jsun Atoms (The Upsidedown, Daydream Machine), multi-instrumentalist June Kang, Mars de Ponte (LoveBomb Go-Go), L.A. drummer Eric Rubalcava, and Derek Spencer Longoria-Gomez(Hi Hazel).
Mixed by Producer Jagz Kooner (Massive Attack, Primal Scream, Oasis, Garbage) and mastered by Keith Tenniswood (Spiritualized, Death In Vegas), “Take This Love” sees Jsun delving into introspective realms.
The B-side “And The Lion Saw The UFO” is a “sci-fi cautionary tale.” Initially recorded with Eric Crespo of experimental Psych outfit Abronia, and featuring Gregg Williams (Sheryl Crow, The Dandy Warhols) on hand drums, the track works on “blurring the line between reality and imagination.”
Jsun Adams says about “And The Lion saw the UFO”:
I was writing the lyrics for “Lion” at an entirely off the grid location in Kipahulu about 30 miles past Hana on Maui. My wife Maria and I hadn’t seen other humans in 4 days and we were watching a mongoose run through the garden and talking about “After The Goldrush” and how Neil Young dreams of silver spaceships that were “flying Mother Nature’s silver seed into the sun” and it led us down a whole wormhole of ideas and journaling about non-human experiences and that animals all over the planet may be having close encounters as we speak.
He adds:
In our escape from civilization for this extended period, looking at the stars, the relief and peace was the absence of the bombardment of a world constantly hurling “too much information” at us. When Pete sent the song off to Jagz for mixing, there were about 6 more verses on the subject. Thankfully, for the sake of the song, Jagz removed these details and kept the verses and choruses that were really working.
“Take This Love” is available on 7-inch vinyl and digitally from platforms including Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp. Sun Atoms’ sophomore album is being planned for an autumn 2024 release.
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