Kevin Sun

[ This interview took place on Saturday, April 11, 2026. Thanks, Samo!] Samo:  I've been a fan of yours for quite some time now. Kevin: Oh, thanks. Samo: I did a talk about a month ago with Max Light, who we've played with a lot, and that's kind of how I stumbled upon you. So I thought I'd drop you a line. I've been a huge fan of the quartet album — what was that, two years ago? Kevin: Thank you, yeah. A couple of years ago. Samo: That's a monster of an album, really. But I wanted to start with what's happening on the band-leading front. I saw you have the new Lowlands record, which you've been putting out regularly. Kevin: Yeah, it's funny you ask. Band-leading-wise, I've honestly been doing less and less of it over the past year and a half or so. I've been pulling back, just because I did a lot of it coming out of the pandemic with Lowlands. There's this bar in Brooklyn, near where I live, where I started playing every week about ...