Portland’s Sun Atoms releases sophomore album ‘Everything Forever’ with guests from Modest Mouse, The Vandelles & more

Portland psychedelic gaze-wave outfit Sun Atoms present their sophomore album ‘Everything Forever’, which was released on November 8 via Little Cloud Records. Meticulously crafted with cosmic energy, their magnum opus features notable guest appearances by Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, Jasno Swarez of The Vandelles, and Lauren Andino of Tremours, amongst others. This sophomore album realizes the promise that was there in the debut not only musically, but in a sacred sense. This album gets between the ears, then heads south down past the brain and into the heart.

Homström and iconic mixing engineer Jagz Kooner had just finished The Dandy Warhols’ latest album, generating an extraordinary symbiosis. Credited with creating some of the most genre-defining songs of the last 30 years, Jagz Kooner began his career working with Andrew Weatherall, remixing and producing for the likes of Bjork, The Chemical Brothers and New Order, as well as mixing for Primal Scream, Massive Attack, Oasis, Garbage and Killing Joke. With Pete producing and Jagz mixing in one of the greatest marvels of prehistoric Britain (Avebury Henge) at Jagz’s Stone Circles Studios, the pair elevated the songs by pushing the sonic envelope out into the great abyss. The coup de grace was having Keith Tenniswood (Spiritualized, Death in Vegas) master the album at Curve Pusher UK.

Last week, the band shared the surreal, psychedelic fever dream of a video for ‘Narco Polo’ featuring Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse, which Jsun Atoms says “feels like a dada ice cream party inside a Salvador Dali painting”. Holmström and Brock have been friends and collaborators for years, and Sun Atoms recently supported Modest Mouse for some West Coast shows. Earlier in 2024, Sun Atoms released the lead single ‘Ceiling Tiles’ with Leonard Cohen tribute ‘Tower of Song (in the key of JAMC)’, and fantastic sonic odyssey ‘Take This Love’ with B-side ‘And The Lion Saw The UFO’.

This year, Sun Atoms played a series of sold-out concerts with Dinosaur Jr., crowning the list of shows they have played with Fishbone, Modest Mouse, Federale, Besnard Lakes, The Veldt, New Candys and TREMOURS. They’ve also shared the stage with the likes of Ty Segall, A Place To Bury Strangers, Neko Case, Built To Spill. Allah Las, Broncho and Night Beats.

As of November 8, ‘Everything Forever’ is out everywhere, including Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp. It can also be ordered on vinyl directly from Little Cloud Records. Sun Atoms has several upcoming concerts in Portland and Seattle, accompanied by The Veldt, Asteroid #4, Los Mundos and Valley Suns, capping off the year with The Dandy Warhols 30th Anniversary show (with LSD & The Search For God and TREMOURS) in Portland on December 11.