New York based trio SUSS bridges classic Americana instrumentation with atmospheric minimalism, pioneering a genre they call “ambient country,” – a term aptly defining their vivid and singular sound.
SUSS have been described by UNCUT as if “Eno’s Apollo Atmospheres crash-landed in America’s Sonoran Desert,” and by Pitchfork as “Neither rawboned nor ramshackle… elegantly composed brand of ambient country stands as tall and clean as a brand-new pair of cowboy boots.”
SUSS embrace pedal steel, a National guitar, mandolin, harmonica, baritone guitar, and the harmonium interwoven with synthesizers and loops, creating a massive high lonesome sound.
Jonathan Gregg: Pedal Steel, dobro
Bob Holmes: Mandolin, baritone guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, violin, Keyboards
Pat Irwin: Electric guitars, National guitar, eBow, harmonium, keyboards, melodica, loops
Evann McIntosh (they/them) mixes dark alt-pop and dreamy R&B with streaks of hip-hop, jazz, and funk, grappling with growth and evolution, gender identity and sexuality, freedom, and self-expression. Their writing is as insightful as it is unpredictable, alternating between earnest poeticism and playful acrobatics, and the production is similarly adventurous, wrapping their performances in lush, magnetic arrangements. Even at its most densely layered, the music remains a work of pure intimacy, unravelling the mysteries of their psyche one song at a time. Evann’s upcoming album, Fantasy Fuel, is due out in March.
