Sun Blood Stories

new album

It Runs Around the Room with Us

On May 19th, I was honored to share the stage with my best friends and my mother in tribute to the legend of my childhood, Prince.

Shout out to The Record Exchange for hosting such a magically purple party and a huge thank you to all in attendance for opening your hearts during our rendition of “Purple Rain.” I can’t believe I almost held it together.

You’re all made of some kind of magic.

-Amber

“Despite everything no one can dictate who you are to other people.” -Prince

"The kick off track from their Banana Stand set, “Beats For You I Do,” shows Ben Kirby and Amber Pollard hitting rich, dreamy falsettos before the drums and reverb crash on through. The band wavers from delicate, inviting riffs, to warped sinister pinches from Pollard’s steel guitar. The band has this ability to manage the space and sense of a room with deceiving comfort as they nudge, unapologetically through sonic boundaries." - Banana Stand Media  on our live performance in their digs many moons ago.

One thing we can honestly admit is we never thought we'd have our own trading card.

Swing through the FINAL MODERN ART on 5/5 and pick up a few packs of  The New Deal Boise.

Treefort Music Fest 2016

“Nope, it hasn’t been all that long since the last Sun Blood Stories video — only about a month — but whatever. They keep making ’em and I’ll keep posting ’em. Interesting too how utterly different “Witch Wind,” which you can see below, is from the preceding clip for “Misery is Nebulous.” That was a seven-minute journey through human tragedy, ecological and geopolitical, while “Witch Wind” is dancing silhouettes. Yup. From visuals that make you feel sad to be alive to dancing. That pretty much sums up the scope of the Boise outfit’s 2015 long-player, Twilight Midnight Morning (review here), which I put on the other day simply because — and this is 100 percent true — I missed it. True story.As it happens, “Witch Wind” was an easy favorite from that record, the call and response in the hook from Ben Kirby and Amber Pollard making it an immediate standout. Catchy in itself, it also speaks to the fluidity that Kirby, Pollard, Nik Kososik and Jon Fust are able to conjure from the ether throughout while also evidently dwelling in that ether, getting more tripped out as the three-stage progression of the record unfolds. The band released a follow-up in the even-more-experimental Samhain Variations (review here) last Halloween, but they’re reportedly also debuting a new offering live next month at Treefort Music Fest in their hometown. I don’t know if that’s recorded yet or not, but I’ll take new Sun Blood Stories as good news one way or another.More on that as I hear it. Until then, here’s the “Witch Wind” video and appropriate credits. -