May 19, 2009
Suckers EP
There’s a factory in Brooklyn making great bands, and it’s latest creation is called Suckers. This four song EP gets in and out without a dull moment, and the indie-anthem “It Gets Your Body Movin” is the perfect leaving-the-listener-wanting-more exit. The sound makes sense when you look at the production credits for Anand Wilder (Yeasayer) and Chris Moore (TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs). The influences seem to rest on their sleeves (David Byrne and Wolf Parade to name a few), but don’t get in the way due to the quality of the songwriting.
This should be a lesson to any new band - less is more. Write thirty songs and release four. The landscape of music has shifted, and the bombardment of content leaves people with little time to gain opinion. Suckers asked for 14 minutes of my time, and as “Beach Queen” reached it’s chorus I knew I was going to be there for the remaining 12 minutes.













