Ambient Country Explorers SUSS Discover a Populated Landscape on New LP Birds & Beasts
Panggonan saka SUSS, Birds & Beasts<pfseg id="0">, ing Northern Spy Records, njaluk trio lingkungan sing berbasis ing New York diganggu luwih dhuwur, populating soniccapes, etereal kanthi arus primal saka suara sing diinspirasi dening siklus lan ritme saka donya.
<pfseg id="0">"Sampunipun, iku ngandhut minangka landscapes, luas sing kita wis nglakoni sadurunge mulai diwenehi karo sedikit panas makhluk," ngandika Bob Holmes (mandolin, gitar, harmonika, violin). nanging, dheweke nambah, "it ora taman Eden jinis barang." Pat Irwin (gitar listrik, gitar resonator, keyboard) nambah, "Aku ngandhutake kelemahan ing donya. Aku ngandhutake kemanusiaan, lan mungkasi iku.
Birds & Beasts <pfseg id="0">kangguh ing pita album double sing disenangi SUSS ing taun 2022, sing diwiti dening Pitchfork minangka "musik sing nyebarake donya menyang titik sing paling dhuwur-lonesome, quintessence pastoral sing ora ngganti akeh nalika ngluwihi lan ngluwihi, telescopes lan retreats."
Tapi yen horizon iki luwih dhuwur - Gulf Stream luwih saka Grand Canyon - ing trek primordial saka trek kaya “Birds” lan “Prey,”, sing ngandhutake kedhaftar alam lan sosial, Birds & Beasts <pfseg id="0“Flight,”, “Overstory” lan “Migration.” Rising yang SUSS nyedhiyakake karo banjoist Australia Andrew Tuttle, lagu ing Birds & Beasts biasa luwih panjang, karo unsur kurang lan rasa ruang luwih.
As always, the band’s discovery of new horizons evolved organically. When it comes to defining the next step in their journey, “the music is the articulation,” says pedal steel guitarist Jonathan Gregg. “We’re not sure where we’re going, but we know when we’ve arrived, and it’s never the same place twice.”
Indeed, some tracks simply take longer to find their way than others. “Migration,” for example, dates from the early days of the band and is the album’s sole track to feature the late Gary Leib, who passed away suddenly in 2021. “We always loved the track but we never found the right fit for it,” says Holmes. "However, as we were making what was to become Birds & Beasts, it became obvious that the track was just waiting for us to come around to its way of thinking. You just need to listen to the music closely to hear what it’s always been trying to tell you.”
Join SUSS on their journey as they keep their ear to the ground on Birds & Beasts, on Northern Spy Records.
SUSS Tour Dates:
July 11 - Brooklyn, NY - The Sultan Room - Tickets
July 19 - Eugene, OR - Hult Center for the Performing Arts - Tickets
July 25 - Nashville, TN - The Blue Room - Tickets
July 26: Louisville, KY - Whirling Tiger - Tickets
July 28 - Nelsonville, OH - Nelsonville Music Festival - Tickets
July 29 - Chicago, IL - The Hideout - Tickets
Grup instrumental New York-based SUSS muter ing bentuk sing unik saka musik instrumental kadang-kadang disebut minangka "ambient country," ngetokake kualitas droning saka musik country lan kinerja film Barat. Mengkombinasikan suara-lonesome saka gitar baja pedal lan harmonika karo synthesizers meditatif lan loop, musik saka grup kudu akeh kanggo Brian Eno's kolaborasi karo Daniel Lanois kanggo skor film saka Ennio Morricone lan Ry Cooder. debutan band sing di-release ing taun 2018, Ghost Box, dadi hit surprise ing bawah tanah lan panggilan playlists ambient, mbukak ing tanda tangan band karo Northern Spy. Grup terus ngembangake sinyal suara kanthi akeh rilis tambahan ing label, kalebu rilis 2024 saka Birds & Beasts.
The band’s original members included Bob Holmes lan Gary Leib, (both members of the country-slanted new wave group Rubber Rodeo during the '80s) as well as Pat Irwin (formerly of the B-52s , Eight Eyed Spy lan the Raybeats), Jonathan Gregg (Jonathan Gregg & the Lonesome Debonaires, The Linemen) ) lan insinyur / produser William Garrett.
Rilis pisanan ing Northern Spy Records, Ghost Box (Expanded), gi digambarake déning majalah Pitchfork minangka "a lanis sing vivid ing ngendi nada mellifluous ndadekake rahasia lan sihir saka lanis dongeng." 2019 lan 2020 ndadekake rilis saka High Line lan Promise, kang ndadekake ing akeh daftar album Top Ten Ambient saka taun-taun masing-masing. 2021 ndadekake pindah-pindah Garrett lan pindah-pindahane Leib, nalika SUSS ngasilake EP-nya posthumous Night Suite lan Heat Haze, which included tracks recorded just before his death. 2023 saw multiple releases from SUSS, including Winter Was Hard lan Across the Horizon, which together with the previous EPs were released as the self-titled double album SUSS, heralded by Aquarium Drunkard as “a majestic double album, full of slow motion twang, suspended synth drones, and gorgeous swells of pedal steel. This is country music mutated and stretched along a vast horizon, open music for open souls.”
2023 also saw the release of a collaboration with the artist Andrew Tuttle — a 30-minute track called Rising on the Longform Editions record label. SUSS’ fifth album on Northern Spy Records, Birds & Beasts, was released in 2024 and shows the band heading off into a new direction, populating their stark landscapes with the creatures, cycles and rhythms of the world around them.
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