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Live review: Suckers
Jay Janner AMERICAN-STATESMAN
The 11:45 time slot is a tough one, especially on a very muddy (and kind of smelly) Sunday morning. It probably also doesn’t help Brooklyn based Suckers that they haven’t released a proper album yet—all of the hype surrounding the band is for the most part based on one self-titled EP, produced by fellow psychedelic Brooklynite Anand Wilder of Yeasayer. The handful of people that were there saw that the hype is much deserved, however, as the band’s catchy set, driven by their grasp on vocal and rhythmic experimentation, ensures that this probably won’t be their last ACL fest.
Highlights included “Roman Candles,” where multi-instrumentalist Austin Fisher’s nasally, slightly raspy vocals complemented punchy, syncopated percussion; Fisher’s voice nicely contrasted songs fronted by Quinn Walker, whose falsetto added a bit of tension to the songs. The band’s versatility is one of their strong suits. Closer “It Gets Your Body Movin,” one of the band’s best yet, moved from a plodding, quiet start toward a climactic finish, with various members of the band alternating between percussion, keys/effects and other instruments, including Walker, who supplemented his guitar by beating a drum with a maraca.
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