In 2025, Belgium-based underground phenomenon ULTRA SUNN returned with a new studio album, The Beast in You, via Artoffact Records. The darkwave duo are currently on a US tour, and they visit Black Cat in DC for a show on Thursday, May 7!
Drawing heavily from the band’s Belgian heritage, The Beast In You is a potent distillation of classic electronic body music and the hypnotic rhythms of Belgian new beat. Listeners can expect the unmistakable throb of analog synths and precisely programmed industrial drum machines. ULTRA SUNN expertly channels the aggressive power and driving force of their influences, infusing them with their own contemporary edge.
Ultra Sunn recently released a live video for their hit single “Keep Your Eyes Peeled.” The fan-favorite song is an anthem of resilience about reclaiming your power, standing tall, and confronting those who doubt your evolution that never fails to unite club kids, punks, ravers, and romantics under the Ultra Sunn’s strobe lights.
“‘Keep Your Eyes Peeled’ is a song about transformation,” the band said. “It was the second single we ever released, and it became the turning point of our story. That track opened doors around the world and revealed the profound connection between us and our audience. Every time we perform it something almost supernatural happens, a shared pulse of recognition, freedom, and fire that unites everyone in the room.”
Watch the official music video for “Keep Your Eyes Peeled” by Ultra Sunn on YouTube:
Instantly hailed by critics as a defining work of the new darkwave movement, The Beast In You is a 10-track album infused with the encounters and experiences collected while on the road that confronts inner demons and collective anxieties while offering liberation such as on stand out tracks “The Beast In You,” “Wrong Floor,” “Fluorescent Sun,” and “LA Drags,” which received a music video starring famed drag queen Violet Chachki. Embedding themes of mental health, identity, and empowerment within luminous melodies and pounding beats, The Beast In You was written in Los Angeles amongst the city’s haze and contrasts as an ambitious statement of duality blending strength and fragility as well as underground grit and pop immediacy.
Prepare for a sonic assault of propulsive basslines, intricate percussive layers, and an undeniable energy that solidifies Ultra Sunn’s position as torchbearers of modern EBM!
Ultra Sunn
W/ Mystery Friends and Irish Basement
Black Cat
Thursday, May 7
Doors @ 7:30pm
$29.90
All ages
