ARTIST: Suckers
TITLE: Candy Salad
LABEL: Frenchkiss Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 248kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 44m total
RELEASE DATE: 2012-04-24
RIP DATE: 2012-10-19
Track List
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1. Going Nowhere 3:46
2. Figure It Out 2:28
3. Bricks To The Bones 4:26
4. Chinese Braille 5:44
5. Leave The Light On 3:49
6. Charmaine 4:38
7. George 5:29
8. Turn On The Sunshine 3:24
9. Lydia 5:30
10. Roses 5:02
Release Notes:
http://suckersmusic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/suckers
Even if your exposure to Suckers is limited to their self-titled debut EP, or
hell, even ôIt Gets Your Body MovinÆ,ö it doesnÆt take much mental gymnastics to
know how their sophomore album, Candy Salad sounds (same goes for great 2010
full-length, Wild Smile). Bleary-eyed sing-alongs ready for campfires? Check.
Songs that sometimes sound like theyÆre being sung by the drunkest guys in a bar
full of drunks? Check. Shaggy, old school indie rock equally indebted to Modest
Mouse and the Talking Heads? Double check. Which isnÆt to say Candy Salad isnÆt
one of this seasonÆs most fun albums, or that thereÆs something necessarily
wrong with sounding over a full-length like a single song from your debut EP.
Just know that Suckers sound as advertised. Nothing more, nothing less.
Speaking of more, thatÆs the marked difference between Wild Smile and Candy
Salad. Suckers have gone slightly maximalist, filling out the empty spaces of
songs like the building ôChinese Braille,ö the impossibly earworm-y ôGeorge,ö
the beautiful ôLeave the Light On,ö and the barroom ready ôTurn on the Sunshineö
with barrel piano, horns, vocal effects, ôcoos,ö solemn keys, and hefty,
effected guitar solos. You could probably decry this as formulaicùevery song
starts simple, but piles on layers as they fly head-first toward their
show-stopping closesùbut given how solidly Suckers have nailed this formula, and
for the fact that theyÆre the only band still waving the banner for this kind of
loose-limbed indie, itÆs hard to besmirch them for the fill in the blanks style
theyÆve got going here.
If it sounds like IÆm making a lot of excuses, itÆs because Suckers arenÆt an
easy band to intellectualize. Their music exists in a realm beyond thinkpieces,
beyond ôThis is what music is now, manö sermonizing and beyond magazine cover
profiles. Their music is made for sunset beer sessions, for driving at night,
for making out, for reliving the good old days, for being romantic, for shouting
with your friends. The best song here, ôChinese Braille,ö isnÆt going to top
anyoneÆs song of the year list, but when Candy Salad is on, it seems like the
only music youÆll ever need. And that counts for something.