Swiss-Finnish avant-garde trio Sum Of R summon their most haunting work yet – new album announced, first single »Solace« out now!

Bern, Switzerland based experimental doom/psych/krautrock trio Sum Of R premiere a music video for the first single »Solace« taken from their upcoming album, »Spectral«, which will be released on October 3rd, 2025 via WV Sorcerer Productions / Dusktone.

Original material filmed by Roberto Cancellara for the short movie »Blue Hotel«. Cut by Reto Mäder. Edit by Daniel Steffen.

Tracklist:
01. Solace (feat. Juho Vanhanen)
02. Agglomeration (feat. G. Stuart Dahlquist)
03. Waltz Of Death
04. Beer Cans In A Bottomless Pit (feat. Vicotnik)
05. Empty Rooms
06. The Solution
07. Violate
08. Cold Signature

Courtesy of Sozius PR:

Swiss-Finnish trio Sum Of R return with »Spectral«, their most haunting and possessed work to date – a nine-track journey through ritualistic psychedelia, experimental doom and krautrock alchemy. Following the critical acclaim of 2022’s »Lahbryce« and celebrated performances at Roadburn, Desertfest, and beyond, the band intensifies their hypnotic spell with a heavier, stranger, and more spectral sonic palette.

The first single, »Solace«, featuring Juho Vanhanen (Oranssi Pazuzu, Grave Pleasures), arrives with an official video – a scorched-earth duet with Marko Neuman that lures the listener into a hazy, unsettling trance.

Sum Of R comments: “Our new song »Solace«, featuring Juho Vanhanen (Oranssi Pazuzu, Grave Pleasures) from the forthcoming album »Spectral« (out October 3rd), arrives with an official video – a scorched-earth duet with Marko Neuman that lures the listener into a hazy, unsettling trance.

The video portrays the psyche of someone who feels relentlessly hunted – whether by ghosts, past traumas, a guilty conscience, bad decisions, nightmares, or the heavy weight of loneliness. This story will continue at a later point with the video for the track »Violate«.”

Formed by Swiss sound-shaper Reto Mäder and completed by Finnish visionaries Marko Neuman and Jukka Rämänen, Sum Of R channel cosmic vibrations more than genre – summoning music that feels unearthed rather than written. »Spectral« is the sound of a séance captured on tape: raw yet spacious, disciplined yet dreamlike.

»Spectral« release date: October 3, 2025

CD & Digital (Dusktone) 9 song edition. With one additional song compared to the LP version.
LP & Digital (WV Sorcerer Productions & Sum Of R)

Pre-order:
LP (Sum Of R): sumofr.bandcamp.com/album/spectral
LP (WV Sorcerer Productions): wvsorcerer.bandcamp.com/album/spectral
CD (Dusktone): dusktone.bandcamp.com/album/spectral

Mixed by Reto Mäder at Hinterzimmer, Bern.
Mastered by Arthur Rizk at Redwood Studio, Philadelphia.
Artwork by Felipe Froeder (Arcano XV)

Line-up:
Reto Mäder – Bass Guitar, Drones, Synth, Effects
Jukka Rämänen – Drums, Percussion
Marko Neuman – Vocals
Juho Vanhanen – Vocals

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well