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SXSW review: Suckers
Like the labels “indie” and “garage,” the term “psychedelic” gets thrown around pretty liberally in describing bands, and it’s hard to tell at this point exactly what it means. Brooklyn-based Suckers play what might be categorized as psychedelic music, but that term doesn’t really begin to describe what it is they do. At certain points during their 11 p.m. set at the Galaxy Room Backyard on Friday, the band’s music might have been more accurately described as “circus disco,” a mixture of slightly disturbing atonal notes atop a drum machine. At other times, more traditional pop rock.
Like a lot of other buzzed about bands at the moment, the four-member multi-instrumentalist group layers their music with a good amount of harmony and vocal experimentation. Different members of the band at various points played trumpet, percussion, synthesizers and guitars. Lead singer Quinn Walker, who kind of had a weird Stevie Ray Vaughn thing going on with his black hat, likes to sing falsetto, too. The set contained songs both from last year’s self-titled EP and their forthcoming full-lenght debut, including the catchy “Beach Queen,” “Save Your Love For Me” and “It Gets Your Body Movin’,” the centerpiece of the EP and still one of the band’s best, complete with an epic whistling solo.
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