Monday, May 29, 2017

BAND OF SUSANS



Sure, Band of Susans were never going to be the next Pearl Jam or Nirvana or whatnot, but damn they kicked up some dust.   Getting lumped in w/ the No Wave shit coming out of NYC at the time didn’t help.  They were way too tuneful for that crowd, but critics love pigeon-holing, and I guess that was the best they could do to try and fit them in somewhere. 
 

I think BOS would have had a little more success if they had started a few years later, or maybe been from the west coast.  Unlike Sonic Youth or Swans, they kicked ass right from the get-go.  Unlike the grunge crowd, they seemed to lack a sense of lyrical irony and eye-rolling (which, I have to d=say, is a very good thing – irony and sarcasm in music is highly overrated).  The Wired for Sound comp was a nice gesture, but I’d love to see a box set for these folks.





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