“I don’t think any song had less than 130 tracks of guitar”: Sunn O)))’s new album might set a record for guitar layers

Hooded and robed, Greg Anderson (left) and Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))) pose in front of a derelict barn.

Sunn O))) are nothing if not sonic maximalists. They make no secret of it. The clue is on the back of their LPs, the words “Maximum volume yields maximum results” both an instruction to their audience and a credo, words for its electric guitar masterminds Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson to live by.

And live by it they do. On their eponymous new album, their debut for legendary Seattle label Sub Pop, the dynamic duo might just have broken the record for layering guitar parts.