Sunburned Hand of the Man


Sunburned Hand of the Man are an experimental rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. They are a loose collective known for their frequent line up changes and large discography released on a variety of labels including Eclipse Records, Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace!, Three Lobed Recordings, and their own Manhand label.
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Biography

Sunburned Hand of the Man formed in Boston in 1994, growing out of a trio named Shit Spangled Banner with John Moloney and Robert Thomas managing an ever-changing line-up. Their initial influences included Sonic Youth and the Melvins, though as their line-up expanded they began to incorporate elements of folk, drone, free jazz, and funk.
By the early 2000s the band were increasingly associated with the "free folk" movement as described by David Keenan in his article "New Weird America" for The Wire. The following decade saw a consistent stream of limited edition releases and live documents, ranging from improvised noise to more coherently arranged material such as 2007's Four Tet-produced Fire Escape and 2010's A.
Their output slowed during the 2010s and releases became more infrequent, although the band never fully deactivated.
Frequent Sunburned guitarist Marc Orleans died on June 25, 2020, at the age of 52. The following year the band returned with Pick a Day to Die, an album edited together from unreleased material recorded between 2007 and 2017.

Selected discography

  • 1994 Shit Spangled Banner
  • 1997 Mind Of A Brother
  • 1998 Piff's Clicks
  • 2001 Jaybird
  • 2001 Wild Animal
  • 2001 The Healers Barrel
  • 2002 The Book of Pressure
  • 2002 The Agoraphobic Christcycle
  • 2002 Headdress
  • 2002 Jaybird
  • 2002 Sopra L'Influsso - video -
  • 2003 Shit Spangled Banner-Inflated with Self-Hatred
  • 2003 Closer to the Bone
  • 2003 Magnetic Drugs
  • 2003 The Trickle Down Theory of God Knows What
  • 2003 The Sunburned Hand of the Man
  • 2003 Hoof Trip
  • 2004 Soft
  • 2004 Rare Wood
  • 2004 The Secret in Disguise
  • 2004 No Magic Man
  • 2005 Zample
  • 2005 Anatomy
  • 2005 Wedlock
  • 2005 Complexion
  • 2006 The Mylar Tantrum
  • 2006 Bone For Sky Baba Ganoush
  • 2007 Z
  • 2007 The Blaze Game - collaboration with Circle as Sunburned Circle
  • 2007 Fire Escape - produced by Four Tet
  • 2007 "Weekend at Burnie's 2"
  • 2007 "Locked / Loaded" Cs
  • 2009 Loose Bugs
  • 2010 A - produced by Four Tet
  • 2019 Headless
  • 2020 Covered In Mud
  • 2021 Pick a Day To Die
  • 2021 Vulgarisms
  • 2021 Exile on Broadway
  • 2021 The Air Itself
  • 2022 Headdress 20th Anniversary Remaster
  • 2024 ''Nimbus''