Biography

Sunnsetter is the Long running solo project of producer/ mixing engineer, Andrew McLeod. Andrew has been releasing music since 2014 under the name Sunnsetter, and long before that under different pseudonyms. Based now in Norfolk County, Ontario, they’ve always been a DIY artist, single handedly fusing together every element of their music, including the recording and mixing process; And while the creation is entirely them, the music draws from various genres; ambient, singer-songwriter, shoegaze, post-rock, slowcore and moves nimbly between them. With, ‘The best that I can be’, McLeod melds a sound that’s all their own. It’s their debut album on Paper Bag Records and follows 2020’s independently released, ‘The Love you withhold is the pain you carry,’ and 2022’s ambient album ‘All watched over by machines of Loving grace.’ Citing influences such as My Bloody Valentine, Sigur Ros, Mount Eerie and KCAccidental, among many others. ‘The best that I can be.’ was written over the course of three years-some of the most complicated but rewarding personally for McLeod. Not only did they grieve the loss of a close friend and bandmate, but dealing with newly found sobriety, mental health, concepts around gender identity and queerness. but McLeod has come out the other side, trying to rebuild their life around more positive and emotionally healthy habits. “Going on five years sober, this experience has been one that has shaped me like no other has,” they say.