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If you enjoy the adventurous sounds of these artists or are simply looking for something new and exciting in the world of music,\u003cen\u003e\u003c\/en\u003e Szun Waves is sure to captivate your ears.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"earth-patterns","title":"Earth Patterns","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe members of Szun Waves may not have been collectively in the same country, let alone room, for over two years, but that hasn’t prevented them from realising their third album, \u003ci\u003eEarth Patterns\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trio – comprised of producer Luke Abbott, saxophonist Jack Wyllie (Portico Quartet) and drummer Laurence Pike (Triosk\/PVT\/Liars) – recorded the album sessions together at the tail end of their 2019 European tour, locking themselves away in the studio for three days of improvisation. They emerged with hours of music, some inspired by their live shows, most born fresh in the studio itself, ready to be moulded into the group’s third album in five years. However, with Laurence marooned in Australia, and Luke and Jack grounded in different parts of the UK, it meant an unexpected reassessment of the band’s creative remit, and the enforced long gestation period almost inadvertently ended up creating the most fully-formed Szun Waves record to date. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere second album, \u003ci\u003eNew Hymn To Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, had its face tilted up to the heavens, \u003ci\u003eEarth Patterns\u003c\/i\u003e is a more grounded record, and in places, a more claustrophobic one: Wyllie’s saxophone squalls ripple in the background as Pike’s dense drums clatter, both shaped and guided by the atmospherics of Abbott’s synths. 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