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SUNNA

Sensitive British singer-songwriters get hard-wired for maximum results.

"I take each tune as it comes, really," says Sunna vocalist Jon Harris. "I write when it comes to me; I don't spend a lot of time slaving over lyrics. I can go for quite a while without writing anything."

This laissez-faire spontaneity toward music is evident by the diversity found on Sunna's Melankolic/Astralwerks debut, One
Minute Science. Anything can and does go on the disc from bone-crunching guitar burners to darkly ominous acoustic
numbers. Many of the songs even contain some heavy-handed distortion or subtle electronic flourishes courtesy of the band's
resident DJ, Flatline. Sunna's seamless mix of the organic and the cybernetic isn't surprising, as Harris spent time laying down
guitar parts on Massive Attack's Mezzanine.

While that time opened his eyes to the creative possibilities present when electronic gear collides with traditional instruments, Science also demonstrates another of Harris' inspirations—tempering his often-negative thoughts with a positive slant.

"If something inspires me that's negative, I do like to try and pull something positive out of it—I get more inspired by trying to turn something negative into something positive. You could say it's quite a dark album, but if you listen to the lyrics, there is a sort of ray of light at the end of it all." —Annie Zaleski

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