Sun Araw

The working title of a project helmed by former Austinite and Magic Lantern member Cameron Stallones, Sun Araw has drawn compelling comparisons to such varied sources as Afro-beat, Neil Young, and Spacemen 3. As part of the communal label Not Not Fun, Sun Araw has released a number of well-received and continually groundbreaking full-lengths and singles, the first two of which — 2008's The Phynx and Beach Head — were psychedelic interpretations of a myriad of source material, and led to the breakthrough of 2009's Heavy Deeds, which was considered by many to be Sun Araw's best at the time.

The project would continue in 2010, first with a single commemorating the opening of the Sun Ark studio begun by Stallones and his compatriots. That year would also see the release of the next Sun Araw LP, On Patrol, as well as the EP Off Duty. In addition to his work with Sun Araw and Magic Lantern, Stallones was a contributor to a number of different projects, including Pocahaunted's Passage full-length.

Sun Araw kicked off 2011 with the Houston Abstros EP in April, followed by a full-length collaboration with Eternal Tapestry entitled Night Gallery (on Thrill Jockey) in July and his next long-player, Ancient Romans, in August. In 2012 he joined with the like-minded M. Geddes Gengras along with the legendary reggae group the Congos on Icon Give Thank, an entry in the Rvng Intl. label's collaboration series FRKWYS. Also in 2012, he issued the first two volumes in his limited-edition cassette-only series Sun Ark Prayer Tapes on his own label, and in September released the full-length Inner Treaty for Drag City. In 2014, Sun Araw returned with Belomancie, an experimental double album relased on Drag City.