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North/South Carolina heavy rock outfit Shun releases their long-awaited 2024 full-length, 'Dismantle.' Shun released their self-titled debut through Small Stone in 2021. Outlaws Of The Sun called the record, "a big adventure (that) takes the listener on an exciting journey within the vastness of progressive rock and stoner metal," while Sentinel Daily likened the record to Foo Fighters, "had they avoided a life of Hollywood openings and celebrity girlfriends, concentrating instead on year after year on the road with COC, Clutch, and Cave In... that's a mighty fine something to sound like." 'Dismantle' continues several crucial threads from the debut in terms of songwriting and the returning production of J. Robbins (who also contributes percussion, guitar, and synth), while expanding their scope with a more refined crunch and drifting, ethereal outreach. It is heavier and paints a broader landscape in Matt Whitehead's vocal and guitar melodies, able to take a prog-metal chug in 'Horses' and reshape it as the backdrop for weighted post-rock while refusing to sap its own vitality in service to shoegazey posturing. For fans of Torche, Cave In, Alice In Chains, Failure, ASG, and huge riffs, pay heed.