The Sun Witch

PEI’s The Sun Witch released their debut album on January 30.

The Sun Witch is the newest project from Island musician Roger Carter.

Carter has been a staple of the Charlottetown music scene for decades as a member of multiple Island bands (Pearly Gates, Racoon Bandit, North Lakes), as well as collaborating with and backing many Island musicians, including Dennis Ellsworth, Liam Corcoran, Al Tuck, and Nudie and the Turks. He has also composed soundtracks for multiple short films, particularly those by filmmaker Millefiore Clarkes (December in Toronto, Island Green, Love in Quarantine, and An Impression of Everything).

Recorded and produced by Carter at his home studio in Charlottetown, The Sun Witch features unconventional recording techniques, including tape manipulation, heavy layering, and no audio separation. The result is an ethereal wave of sound, with roaring, crashing highs and quiet, intimate moments of beauty.

Across 11 songs, the full-length album explores themes of light and darkness, love and self-preservation, as well as darker subjects such as oligarchy, isolation, depression, and other diseases of modern life.

The Sun Witch is available to stream and download on all major platforms. A limited run of 12” vinyl copies is also available.