Sun Speak Probiotic Orchestrations

As genre conventions continue to morph and blur, there's a wealth of
stunning new music being made wherever groups of musicians have
the imagination and ingenuity to transcend the old boundaries and
just play whatever comes naturally. Sun Speak are such a group and
their album Probiotic Orchestrations is full of music that's urgent,
powerful, accessible and humorous, pulling together sounds and
textures from the worlds of rock, jazz, electronica, Americana and
the outer reaches of progressive music into compelling whole.
Guitarist Matt Gold and drummer Nate Friedman first came together
as Sun Speak ten years ago amid the white heat of the Chicago
experimental scene, where they'd worked with such luminaries as
Makaya McCraven and Patricia Barber.
On this, their sixth release, they continue to develop their own
distinctive sonic world with the aid of fellow Chicagoan Daniel
Pierson who joined as engineer/sound sculptor and now
increasingly takes a collaborative role as a third member of the band
on keyboards. Now the trio are dispersed and live in different corners
of the USA, but in 2024 they came together in a remote seaside cabin
in New Hampshire, writing and recording every day in an intense
undisturbed whirlwind of creativity. Probiotic Orchestrations is the
result - a dazzling mix of improvisation and composition, exploring
rhythm, colour and texture with the directness of rock and the
fearless improvisatory flair of jazz.

A1. With Our Chins to the Sky
A2. Fine Line
A3. Canadian Dream
A4. The Return of KJ
A5. Running While Crying
A6. Ranch Boy
B1. Everything is a Clock
B2. Golden Door
B3. Ruby and the Flam
B4. Via Vienna
B5. Way Too Early
B6. Slow Hidden
B7. There's a New Librarian in Town