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Weight(Cooked Raw / Julia’s War)
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Release date: 5.5.2026
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Sunforger make tenebrous guitar music, a sort of warped post-grunge brimming with spectral atmosphere and elliptical song structures. Montreal-based songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Spencer Curtis is joined by his sibling Piper Curtis on bass, longtime collaborator Chris Hauer on lead guitar, and former coworker Kier Graham on drums. Together they’ve released a self-titled album (2023), an EP (2025), appeared at international showcase festivals like POP Montréal, Sled Island, and (as of March 13, 2026) SXSW, and toured in Canada and the eastern United States.
Sunforger’s new full-length, Weight, documents a hinge-point in the life of songwriter Spencer Curtis: the conflict between remaining in Montreal, and moving on to an idealized “elsewhere” with “greener grass”. The album strives to balance sunk costs against “the crushing weight of small town aging”, shedding burdens while seeking peace within and without. The music is Sunforger’s biggest and most expansive-sounding to date, combining screeching fuzz guitars, brooding vocals, and laser-focused rhythms with a newfound hi-fidelity sheen.
Lead single “Say Sorry” is a loud-quiet post-grunge pop song, concise, catchy, and crushing. Its themes deal with fears of being in the wrong while having a horrifically avoidant conflict resolution style. Follow-up single and album centrepiece “30” describes entering a new decade of life dissatisfied but resolute. It’s a lyric-driven bop before brooding half-tempo sections slam in with cliffhanger stop-starts.
Weight was recorded and produced by Scott “Monty” Munro (Preoccupations) at Studio Saint Zo in Montreal, with vocals engineered by Piper Curtis at their home studio. The album was mixed by Adris Raal (whose credits include Her New Knife and Full Body 2), and mastered by Mikey Young (Total Control). Jono Currier (Doffing) provided instantly iconic and deeply haunting album art.
Weight launches May 5, 2026 via a rare collaboration between the Cooked Raw label and Julia’s War Recordings. Its arrival is preceded by a headlining slot at the POP Montréal showcase at SXSW, and will be followed by touring in Canada this summer.
Apple Music
Bandcamp
Spotify
Tidal
YouTube
Sunforger make tenebrous guitar music, a sort of warped post-grunge brimming with spectral atmosphere and elliptical song structures. Montreal-based songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Spencer Curtis is joined by his sibling Piper Curtis on bass, longtime collaborator Chris Hauer on lead guitar, and former coworker Kier Graham on drums. Together they’ve released a self-titled album (2023), an EP (2025), appeared at international showcase festivals like POP Montréal, Sled Island, and (as of March 13, 2026) SXSW, and toured in Canada and the eastern United States.
Sunforger’s new full-length, Weight, documents a hinge-point in the life of songwriter Spencer Curtis: the conflict between remaining in Montreal, and moving on to an idealized “elsewhere” with “greener grass”. The album strives to balance sunk costs against “the crushing weight of small town aging”, shedding burdens while seeking peace within and without. The music is Sunforger’s biggest and most expansive-sounding to date, combining screeching fuzz guitars, brooding vocals, and laser-focused rhythms with a newfound hi-fidelity sheen.
Lead single “Say Sorry” is a loud-quiet post-grunge pop song, concise, catchy, and crushing. Its themes deal with fears of being in the wrong while having a horrifically avoidant conflict resolution style. Follow-up single and album centrepiece “30” describes entering a new decade of life dissatisfied but resolute. It’s a lyric-driven bop before brooding half-tempo sections slam in with cliffhanger stop-starts.
Weight was recorded and produced by Scott “Monty” Munro (Preoccupations) at Studio Saint Zo in Montreal, with vocals engineered by Piper Curtis at their home studio. The album was mixed by Adris Raal (whose credits include Her New Knife and Full Body 2), and mastered by Mikey Young (Total Control). Jono Currier (Doffing) provided instantly iconic and deeply haunting album art.
Weight launches May 5, 2026 via a rare collaboration between the Cooked Raw label and Julia’s War Recordings. Its arrival is preceded by a headlining slot at the POP Montréal showcase at SXSW, and will be followed by touring in Canada this summer.
Photos by: Sarah Blow