Ambient Country Explorers SUSS Discover a Populated Landscape on New LP Birds & Beasts

SUSS ká akọkọ akọkọ, Birds & Beasts, on Northern Spy Records, finds the New York-based ambient trio digging deeper, populating its stark, ethereal soundscapes with primal currents of sound inspired by the cycles and rhythms of the world around us. But while conveying the power of natural forces, it also embraces occasional warm rays of hope and humanity.

“Lori ọkan kan, o si ri bi awọn aṣa, awọn aṣa, awọn aṣa ti a ti wa ni ṣaaju ki o tobi ti wa ni bẹrẹ lati wa ni gbọdọ pẹlu aisan ti aṣa-ara,” o npe ni Bob Holmes (mandolin, guitar, harmonica, violin). Ṣugbọn, o si tẹsiwaju, “iti o jẹ ko ni Garden of Eden iru ohun.” Pat Irwin (electric guitar, resonator guitar, keyboards) fi, “Mo fẹ awọn aṣa ti awọn agbaye ni ayika wa. Mo fẹ awọn eniyan, ati awọn aṣa ti o. Awọn agbaye fẹ lati wa ni iṣowo. Nibẹ ni o wa awọ ati nibẹ ni o wa ohun.”</pfseg  

Birds & Beasts follows on the heels of SUSS’ acclaimed 2022 self-titled double album, cited by Pitchfork as “music that dilates the world to a high-lonesome point, a pastoral quintessence that doesn’t change so much as it gradually opens and closes, telescopes and recedes.” As in the past, the band combines ambient synths, loops and found sounds with more traditional Americana instrumentation to create what Aquarium Drunkard describes as “country music, mutated and stretched along a vast horizon — open music for open souls.”  

Ṣugbọn ti o ba ti awọn orisirisi nibi jẹ diẹ — diẹ Gulf Stream ju Grand Canyon — ni awọn iṣoro ti awọn ọna bi “Birds” ati “Prey,” eyi ti o ṣe afikun bi awọn ara ati awọn ile-iṣẹ, Birds & Beasts fun ti o dara julọ ti awọn oniwe-ọna ati awọn oniwe-ọna ilu ni “Flight,”, “Overstory” ati “Migration.” Nipa a tẹsiwaju lati awọn iṣẹ-ṣiṣe 30 iṣẹju Rising that SUSS recently released with Australian banjoist Andrew Tuttle, the tracks on Birds & Beasts ọpọlọpọ jẹ diẹ, pẹlu awọn ohun elo ti o ni kekere ati kan ti o dara julọ ti agbegbe.

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.”

Tẹsiwaju SUSS lori iṣẹ-ṣiṣe wọn nigba ti awọn oniwe-ọna ni agbegbe Birds & Beasts, lori Northern Spy Records.

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Kọkànlá Oṣù 19 - Eugene, OR - Hult Center for the Performing Arts - Tickets

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Kọkànlá Oṣù 28 - Nelsonville, OH - Nelsonville Music Festival - Tickets

Kọkànlá Oṣù 29 - Chicago, IL - The Hideout - Tickets