Ultra Sunn release ‘Distress (First Take)’ ahead of North American tour
Ultra Sunn release “Distress (First Take)” on Bandcamp on 17 July 2026, a new take on the 2021 track, ahead of North American and European tour dates.
Ultra Sunn (Photo by Kris Parenti)
Belgian EBM and cold wave duo Ultra Sunn released “Distress (First Take)” on 17 July 2026 as a standalone digital single on Bandcamp. The new Ultra Sunn single is a first-take version of “Distress,” a song that first appeared on the duo’s “Night Is Mine EP” in 2021, and it arrives ahead of a North American and European tour run that starts in September.
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Ultra Sunn revisit ‘Distress’ from the 2021 ‘Night Is Mine EP’
The original “Distress” came out on 5 March 2021 on the “Night Is Mine EP,” where the band presented it as a previously unreleased track alongside “Night Is Mine” and “Keep Your Eyes Peeled.” Sam Huge and Gaelle Souflet wrote, composed and mixed that EP themselves, with mastering handled at Young and Cold Studios in Germany.
“Distress (First Take)” is sold as a digital download in 24-bit quality through the duo’s Bandcamp page, which is run by Artoffact Records, the Canadian label behind Ultra Sunn’s albums “US” and “The Beast In You.” The new single follows “Flirt With Death,” released in March 2026.
Ultra Sunn tour dates for 2026 and 2027
The single precedes a live run that opens in Mexico in September, crosses the United States and Canada through October, and moves to Europe in November:
- 11 September 2026 – Guadalajara, Mexico – C3 Rooftop
- 12 September 2026 – Mexico City, Mexico – Multiforo Alicia
- 18 September 2026 – Montreal, QC, Canada – Théâtre Fairmount
- 19 September 2026 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Lee’s Palace
- 20 September 2026 – Rochester, NY, USA – Photo City Music Hall
- 22 September 2026 – Lakewood, OH, USA – Mahall’s
- 24 September 2026 – Minneapolis, MN, USA – Underground Music Cafe
- 26 September 2026 – Indianapolis, IN, USA – White Rabbit Cabaret
- 27 September 2026 – Louisville, KY, USA – Portal
- 30 September 2026 – Dallas, TX, USA – Club Dada
- 3 October 2026 – Houston, TX, USA – White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)
- 9 October 2026 – West Palm Beach, FL, USA – Respectable Street
- 10 October 2026 – Orlando, FL, USA – The Abbey
- 14 October 2026 – Durham, NC, USA – Stanczyks Music Bar
- 16 October 2026 – Philadelphia, PA, USA – Johnny Brenda’s
- 7 November 2026 – Paris, France – La Marbrerie
- 11 November 2026 – Bochum, Germany – Die Trompete
- 12 November 2026 – Leipzig, Germany – Moritzbastei
- 13 November 2026 – Bielefeld, Germany – Movie
- 14 November 2026 – Berlin, Germany – Lido
- 26 February 2027 – Bruges, Belgium – La Brugeoise (De Donkerste Beurs)
About Ultra Sunn
Ultra Sunn formed in late 2019 in Brussels, Belgium, around singer Sam Huge and keyboardist and producer Gaelle Souflet. The duo mixes EBM, cold wave and new beat elements into club-oriented electronic tracks sung in English.
The “Night Is Mine EP” arrived on 5 March 2021 with the tracks “Night Is Mine,” “Distress” and “Keep Your Eyes Peeled,” plus a SARIN remix of the title track. In 2023, the band added vocals to and remixed Front Line Assembly‘s track “Mechvirus,” released as “Mechvirus (Remix).” The debut album “US” followed in April 2024 on Artoffact Records, and the compilation “Keep Your Eyes Peeled: The 3 EPs” collected the band’s early material in September 2024. Side-Line spoke with the duo in a 2025 interview, “Always Keep Looking Forward.”
The single “The Beast In You” came out on 14 March 2025 ahead of the album of the same name, released on 3 October 2025. In March 2026, Ultra Sunn issued the single “Flirt With Death” and a “Keep Your Eyes Peeled” live video ahead of the first North American leg of “The Beast In You Tour.” “Distress (First Take)” now revisits the duo’s earliest era as the band prepares to return to North American stages in September.
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