Canadian Shield

Suuns roll out Felt just under two years after their exceptional Hold/Still, which by their timetable to date may qualify as striking while the iron's hot, and the variegated song cycle does well to keep the momentum they built going. The Montreal band tend to come across as more future-focused than concerned with the past, but they kick off Felt root down with singer/guitarist Ben Shemie calling out 'the oldest rocks on Earth' on "Look No Further". "Father begets son / Far from the place of birth / Walk with me on an Elysian Field / Bury me in the Canadian Shield," he requests, knowing full well as a native that it's going to be a shallow grave up there in that thin layer of soil. Depth is perception, and myths don't necessarily deserve preservation.