Spiritual Content Sunglaciers

• 1 Dead Stop 02:12
• 2 Not Yourself 03:40
• 3 Eye to Eye 03:47
• 4 Starting to Come Back 06:49
• 5 Future Free 04:09
• 6 Intention 01:20
• 7 Ballad for Eddy 03:42
• 8 Only Love 04:06
• 9 Wait 05:09
• Total Runtime 34:54

Info for Spiritual Content

Spiritual Content, the fourth full-length from pop alchemists Sunglaciers (Calgary, AB), explores modern day life through allegorical songwriting elevated by genuine melodies, resolute arrangements, and stylish production. Its nine haptic songs capture fleeting yet endearing moments in time, their narrative bent, twisted, and distorted into highly evocative musical pieces. Along its flashing 35 minutes of indie-rock-via-post-punk, expansive soundscapes play like a timeless psychedelic sequence where grooves dance in and out, awaking feelings of wonder, while also triggering emotions akin to bewilderment or alienation.

On opener “Dead Stop”, songwriters/producers Evan Resnik and Mathieu Blanchard ponder about the relentless approach to craft, finding something to fill one’s life with purpose, and doing it until the very end, citing the late J Dilla as an inspiration. On “Not Yourself”, they contemplate abandoning everyday comfort, defying patterns, becoming a yes-person. “Starting to Come Back” sees them give in to inner reflections in the dead of Winter. “Future Free” is inspired by Emily Roebling—who engineered/constructed the Brooklyn Bridge in the shadows in place of her husband who was sick—and salutes great accomplishments by those overlooked and held down by the structures in place. “Intention” is a meditation on choices and consequences, Sunglaciers musing: “The world is chaotic; intention is the antidote.”

As was the case with previous opus Regular Nature, Resnik (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, piano, sampling) and Blanchard (drums, percussion, production) turned to: bandmates Nyssa Brown (vocals, guitar) and Kyle Crough (bass); guest musician Chad VanGaalen (synthesizers, vibraphone, electric piano, additional production); as well as mixing/mastering engineer Mark Lawson (The Unicorns, Zoon, Basia Bulat, etc.) and ex-Besnard Lakes Richard White, who takes on vinyl mastering duties. All at once, supple and brash, poetic and defiant, Spiritual Content (March 27th, 2026 via Mothland) is a postmodern take on art pop that does well to sanctify the vulnerability of indie rock, while also embracing the complex dystopia of punk.

Evan Resnik, vocals, guitar
Mathieu Blanchard, drums, percussion
Nyssa Brown, vocals, guitar
Kyle Crough, bass

Engineered by Mathieu Blanchard
Mixed by Mark Lawson at Mount Ineffable
Digital Master by Mark Lawson at Mount Ineffable
Additional production by Chad VanGaalen
Produced by Evan Resnik & Mathieu Blanchard

Sunglaciers
Arty post-everything” (Cups N Cakes) group Sunglaciers’ music blurs the boundaries between polished melodicism and opaque experimentation, auspicious romanticism and unbridled dissent. Though anchored in the strange realities of our times, their songs are laced with a certain optimism through well-calculated psych elements and vibrant rhythms, making for a unique strand of kaleidoscopic proto-pop. Following up on critically-acclaimed full-length efforts Foreign Bodies, Subterranea, and Regular Nature, the Calgary outfit now returns with Spiritual Content (March 27th, 2026 via Mothland), further exploring the chiaroscuro depths of post-punk, while also humbly setting out to redefine their sound. It should please fans of alternative music contemporaries such as Beak>, Deerhunter, or The Spirit of the Beehive, as well as vintage rock aficionados looking for a modern take on new wave reminiscent of Devo, Talking Heads, or Pere Ubu.

Sunglaciers came together in 2017 as a collaboration between multi-instrumentalists Evan Resnik and Mathieu Blanchard. As Blanchard completed his studies to become a doctor working in family medicine and addiction, and Resnik returned to Alberta after spending a few years hitchhiking through France, the duo decided to form a new musical project, first releasing independently a pair of EPs—Moving in Darkness in 2017 and Twin/Evil Twin in 2018—as well as Foreign Bodies (2019), a debut full-length described by the Calgary Herald as “an assured blend of melodic songwriting, propulsive rhythms and guitar noise”. Bassist Kyle Crough and guitarist/keyboardist Nyssa Brown joined the project in 2018 and 2020, respectively.

On their sophomore long-player Subterranea (March 25th, 2022 via Mothland), the post-punks carved out new sonic spaces with laser focus, journalist Stephan Boissonneault greatly enjoying its “distorted metaphors, cascading synth work, batshit drumming, and frenzied guitar” (Northern Transmissions, 9/10). Regular Nature (March 29th, 2024 via Mothland) saw Sunglaciers deliver intricately constructed yet danceable rock music filled with punk, new wave, and garage elements. This third full-length was co-produced by Chad VanGaalen, mixed by engineer Mark Lawson (The Unicorns, Land of Talk, Gus Englehorn), and features a guest appearance by Daniel Monkman of Zoon. Exclaim! quips: “The album moves with all the confidence of a sprawling rock epic and none of the self-indulgence, guiding listeners through the band's kaleidoscopic styles and penchant for high-energy barnburners and sweeping soundscapes. Regular Nature's intense, colourful sonic world is offset by its careful, introspective lyricism, with some songs basking in positivity, optimism, love, and assertiveness, others coaxing feelings of reflection, uncertainty, and dread."

Since forming, Sunglaciers have brought their intense, immersive, and fast-paced live set to a number of alternative hotbeds, touring extensively in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The four-piece were invited to perform notable events such as New Colossus (Manhattan, NY), FOCUS Wales (Wrexham, UK), Sled Island (Calgary, AB), M for Montreal (QC), Block Heater / Calgary Folk Festival (AB), Winterruption (Edmonton, AB), Purple City (Edmonton, AB), BIG Winter Classic (Calgary, AB), Sound Off Summit (Calgary, AB), and Big Fun (Winnipeg, MB), also sharing the stage with visionaries, the likes of No Age, Preoccupations, Chad VanGaalen, Sweeping Promises, Omni, Explosions in the Sky, Wombo, and Tropical F*ck Storm.

This album contains no booklet.