Ambient Country Explorers SUSS Discover a Populated Landscape on New LP Birds & Beasts
SUSS ta fiƙin release, Birds & Beasts, a cikin Northern Spy Records, ya samu New York-based ambient trio ƙaunar ƙaunar, ƙirƙirƙirar da tsanani, ethereal soundcapes tare da primal currents na sauti wanda aka haifar da cikakken da rhythms na duniya kusa da mu. Amma a lokacin da ya ƙirƙirar ƙarfi na halitta, shi kuma ƙirƙirar da kowace m rage na matasa da jima'i.
"Kuma, shi ya zama kamar yadda m, ƙaunar ƙaunar da suka wuce, da suka wuce da suka wuce da wani matsa lantarki mai zafi," ya ce Bob Holmes (mandolin, guitar, harmonica, violin). Amma, ya ƙirƙirar, "A wannan ba ne Garden of Eden irin abubuwa." Pat Irwin (electric guitar, resonator guitar, keyboards) ya ƙara, "Na sani da rage na duniya a kan mu. Ina sani da jima'i, da kuma ƙarƙirar shi. A duniya yana da matsa lantarki da kuma akwai dabbobi."
Birds & Beasts tallace a kan takardun shaida na SUSS na 2022 self-titled dubban album, da aka kira da Pitchfork a matsayin "muzik da ke ƙirƙirar duniya zuwa wani high-lonesome mataki, wani pastoral quintessence cewa ba za a canza kamar yadda shi ya ci gaba da kuma rufe, telescopes da kuma rike." Kamar yadda a gaban, da band hada da ambient synthes, loops da found sauti tare da mafi traditional Americana kayan aiki don samar da abin da Aquarium Drunkard ya bayyana a matsayin "country music, mutated and stretched along a vast horizon - open music for open souls."
But idan yanki a nan ne mafi girma - mafi Gulf Stream fiye da Grand Canyon - a cikin ban sha'awa na takardun kamar “Birds” da “Prey,”, wanda ke ƙaddamar da jima'i da jima'i, Birds & Beasts ya samar da harshe da ƙasawa a cikin “Flight,”, “Overstory” da “Migration.” Rising ka SUSS da aka gabatar da Australian banjoist Andrew Tuttle, takardun shaida a Birds & Beasts yafi da yawa, tare da ƙarin abubuwa da mafi girma ajiya.
Kamar yadda da yaushe, bincike na band da sabon horisons da aka ci gaba da hankali. A lokacin da ya gabatar da gaba da mataki a cikin tafiya, "muziki ne articulation," ya ce pedal karfe guitarist Jonathan Gregg. "Mai san abin da mu tafi, amma mu sani a lokacin da mu zo, kuma shi ba zai zama wani yanki biyu."
Baya, wasu takardun sha'awar kawai da tsawon lokaci don samun yanki fiye da sauran. "Migration", misali, ya zo daga farko na band da kuma shi ne kawai takardun takardun sha'awar da al'amurran Gary Leib, wanda ya rãwa a 2021. "Mun da yaushe takardun sha'awar amma ba mu samu takardun sha'awar", ya ce Holmes. "Hence, a lokacin da mu yi abin da aka zama Birds & Beasts, ya zama ban sha'awa cewa takardun sha'awar ne kawai yaushe mu don samun daidai. Za ka kawai bukatar ku ji dadin muzika da yaushe abin da yaushe da yaushe ku."
Join SUSS a cikin tafiya a lokacin da suka rufe kula zuwa ƙasa a Birds & Beasts, a kan Northern Spy Records.
SUSS Tour Dates:
Juli 11 - Brooklyn, NY - The Sultan Room - Tickets
Juli 19 - Eugene, OR - Hult Center for the Performing Arts - Tickets
Juli 25 - Nashville, TN - The Blue Room - Tickets
Juli 26: Louisville, KY - Whirling Tiger - Tickets
Juli 28 - Nelsonville, OH - Nelsonville Music Festival - Tickets
Juli 29 - Chicago, IL - The Hideout - Tickets
The New York-based instrumental band SUSS yana yi aiki a cikin wani daban-daban na instrumental music da aka sani da "ambient country", wanda ya ƙaddamar da hoto na country music da kuma western film na'urorin. Ƙaddamar da high-lonesome sauti na pedal karfe guitars da harmonicas tare da meditative synthesizers da loop, da music na band yana da yawa ga Brian Enota samar da Daniel Lanois dangane da hotuna na Ennio Morricone and Ry Cooder. Binciken da aka ba da sha'awar 2018 na band, Ghost Box, ya zama wani ban mamaki underground hits da kuma wani ma'aikata na ambient playlists, wanda ya ci gaba da band ta ƙirƙirar tare da Northern Spy. The band da aka ci gaba da ƙirƙirar a kan ƙirƙirar sauti tare da talakawan ƙirƙirar a kan label, ciki har da 2024 release na Birds & Beasts.
The band na asali masu mahimmanci aka hada Bob Holmes and Gary Leib, (dubai ma'aikata na kasar-sleanted new wave group Rubber Rodeo a cikin '80s) da kuma Pat Irwin (gana da the B-52s , Eight Eyed Spy and the Raybeats), Jonathan Gregg (Jonathan Gregg & the Lonesome Debonaires, The Linemen) ) da kuma injiniya / masana'antun William Garrett.
Their farko release a kan Northern Spy Records, Ghost Box (Expanded), ya bayyana da Pitchfork magazine a matsayin "a jima'i yanayi a cikin abin da mellifluous tunanin haɓaka harsuna da magani na wani m yanayi yanayi." 2019 da 2020 ya gabatar da shiryawa da High Line and Promise, ki ya sa shi a cikin yawa na Top Ten Ambient album lissafi na kowane shekaru. 2021 ya wuce tafiya na Garrett da kuma ban sha'awa tafiya na Leib, bayan da SUSS ya ba da posthumous EPs Night Suite and Heat Haze, wanda ya hada da takardun da aka rubuta kafin ya wuce. 2023 ya gabatar da yawa na SUSS, ciki har da Winter Was Hard and Across the Horizon, wanda, tare da gabatarwar EPs, aka sa a matsayin dubban album tare da hoto SUSS, , wanda Aquarium Drunkard ya gabatar da shi a matsayin "a majestic dual album, cikakken slow-motion twang, suspended synth drones, da kuma kyau tsanani na pedal karfe. Wannan shi ne country music mutated da tsaftace a karkashin m horizon, m music for open souls."
2023 kuma ya gabatar da samar da artist Andrew Tuttle — wani 30 minti track da aka kira Rising a kan Longform Editions record label. SUSS's fifth album on Northern Spy Records, Birds & Beasts, ya sa a cikin 2024 da ya nuna band da ke tafiya a cikin wani sabon yanki, ƙirƙirƙirar da hanyoyi, cikakken da rhythms na duniya kusa da su.
Clandestine aka kafa a 2010 da masana'antu na Northern Spy Records don taimakawa labels da al'amala da suka fi dace da zane su. A yau, muna ci gaba da ƙirƙirar tawagar project managers, tallace-tallace ma'aikata, masana'antun masana'antun masana'antun masana'antun, da kuma masana'antun masana'antun masana'antunan music da label kwarewa don samar da abokan ciniki. Muna kwarewa a cikin masana'antun masana'antun da adventurous music da kuma, a shekaru 14 da suka wuce, ya taimakawa samar da fiye da 1,000 albums.
