Credits:Sunn O)))Description:SunnO)))sself-titled2026albumisaback-to-basicsrestartinseveralways.AfterprimarilyreleasingmusicthroughtheirownSouthernLordlabelformorethantwodecades,thisrecordmarkstheirfirstfull-lengthforSubPop(followingtwonon-albumsingles).SubPop,ofcourse,wastheoriginalhomeofdrone-metalforebearsEarthinthe1990s.SunnO)))alsomarksthegroupsfirstalbumtobeplayedentirelybythecoreduoofStephenOMalleyandGregAnderson,withnoadditionalmembersorguestcollaborators.Itwasrecordedwithfamedproducer/engineerBradWoodatastudioinWashingtonthatwasadjacenttowoodsandhikingareas,providingarelaxed,stress-freeenvironment,aswellasambientsoundsthatwererecordedandincorporatedintothemusic(suchasthetricklingwaterduring"Mindrolling,"amongothertracks).Thealbumscoverartisastark,deepredMarkRothkopaintingthatsomehowlooksexactlythewaythemusicsounds.Opener"XXANN"isanexpansivetidalwaveofbassandguitarfeedback,demandingtobeplayedatfullvolumeinordertobeexp