Sunya The Dear Hunter

• 1 The Wasteland 07:18
• 2 Marauders 03:26
• 3 The Bazaareteria 05:00
• 4 The Glass Desert I - Giants 05:18
• 5 The Glass Desert II - Cliffs and Stormlands 07:27
• 6 The Glass Desert III - The Plains 05:49
• 7 Sunya 07:38
• Total Runtime 41:56

Info for Sunya

The Dear Hunter – Sunya is the highly anticipated 2026 studio album from progressive rock visionaries The Dear Hunter, continuing the expansive world first introduced on Antimai. Blending cinematic prog, jazz-fusion textures, synth-driven atmospheres, and rich storytelling, Sunya delivers an immersive listening experience for longtime fans and new listeners alike. Featuring the standout single “The Glass Desert I – Giants,” this release showcases the band’s ambitious songwriting and signature conceptual depth, an essential addition to any progressive rock collection.

"Sunya is a wondrous achievement by a band that refuses to be defined by one style or album, but rather explores any arena in order to tell a story in the most creative way possible. Where will the story go from here? We don’t know, but after this album, the anticipation will only grow. Like their last release, Sunya will no doubt end up as one of the year’s best albums" (Dave Campbell, progreport.com)

"So, at the outset, we repeat our judgement: Sunya is a good album and, if it was released before Antimai, might have been viewed as gestational, as The Dear Hunter figuring out this new era or mode of expression. As it stands, it does not rise to the heights of Antimai but it has peaks of its own. It's unfair to compare it to that album and yet, it will be compared to it by everyone so we might as well lean into it. Or must we? Perhaps with time, the connection between the two albums will recede and we will be able to enjoy Sunya for what it is: a good, solid, conceptual progressive rock with fine orchestras, great synths tones, and a pleasing story of overcoming and becoming. Only time will tell." (Eden Kupermintz, heavyblogisheavy.com)

Casey Crescenzo, lead vocals, guitar, synth, piano, percussion, talkbox, production
Maxwell Tousseau, guitar, synth, vocals
Robert Parr, guitar, synth, backing vocals
Nick Crescenzo, bass, synth, vocals
Nick Sollecito, drums, vocals

The Dear Hunter
It’s been almost a decade since Casey Crescenzo brought The Dear Hunter – both the band and the character of the same name – to life with his 2006 debut full-length, Act I: The Lake South, The River North.

Although it was evident from his stint as singer of The Receiving End Of Sirens, the record revealed Crescenzo’s incredibly inventive and ambitious musical flair, something which has been evolving ever since. The two albums which followed – 2007’s Act II: The Meaning Of, And All Things Regarding Ms. Leading and 2009’s Act III: Life And Death – cemented him as a maverick, idiosyncratic talent whose music, while fitting a modern aesthetic, was also from a bygone era.

Anachronistic and timeless in equal measure, the narrative of The Dear Hunter existed in both the past and the present, its detailed plot standing simultaneously as an age-old and new age fable. As that tale progressed, so did Crescenzo’s art, his experimental compositions blurring the line between different genres to create a sound that was – and still is – unique to the band. But then, halfway through the six envisioned Acts of the Dear Hunter narrative, Crescenzo’s attentions shifted. Between 2010 and 2011, the band recorded a series of nine four-track EPs known as The Color Spectrum. Later released as a single volume edition, each EP was a musical interpretation of a color from the visible spectrum, showcasing the increasingly far-reaching ambitions for Crescenzo’s musical vision and his inventive interpretation of the world around him. Two years later, the more mellow and straightforward fifth full-length Migrant showcased a different side to the songwriter’s talents, and he subsequently composed and recorded his first symphony Amour & Attrition. With such a storied musical repertoire, it’s clear Crescenzo is no ordinary musician.

In 2015 and 2016, Crescenzo returned to the narrative of the anti-hero who shares the band’s name, applying all of the knowledge and experience of the last ten years to new chapters picking up where the story left off.

This album contains no booklet.