Swiss-Finnish avant-garde trio’s new exorcism is a haunting swell of psychedelic doom and krautrock
alchemy. Swiss-Finnish sonic explorers Sum Of R return with Spectral, their most haunting and possessed
work to date. This nine-track, shape-shifting journey delves deep into ritualistic psychedelia,
experimental doom and a surreal fusion of krautrock influences - using these elements as creative tools
to explore the mutation of sound. Following the critical acclaim of 2022’s Lahbryce, which marked the band’s
rise as a trio and saw them conquer stages from Roadburn to Desertfest, Spectral intensifies their hypnotic
spell with a heavier, stranger, and more possessed sonic palette.
Formed in 2008 by Swiss musician Reto Mäder (Ural Umbo, JeGong, RM74), Sum Of R has undergone
multiple sonic incarnations. In recent years, the band solidified into a menacing three-headed leviathan
with the addition of two infamous Finnish artists: drummer Jukka Rämänen (Hexvessel, Waste of Space
Orchestra, Ex-Dark Buddha Rising, Ural Umbo) and vocalist/noise-sculptor Marko Neuman
(Convocation, Ex-Dark Buddha Rising, Ural Umbo). Together, Sum Of R is a band that channels cosmic
vibration more than genre, summoning music that feels unearthed rather than written. The way Sum Of R
creates their work, gives credence to the title of Spectral, where the album feels like a seance of channeled
energies from beyond
