In general, the five of them are completely absorbed in their music in between, kneel down and fiddle with effects, hardly look at each other and when they come back up and look at the audience, they look almost surprised and seem to think: “Yikes, there are still people “, they forget about their sound. Because such a Suuns concert is not a rock star show, no entertainment, nothing to clap along. These are five very serious musicians at work.
The sound that comes out of this work is like wallpaper from the 1960s. Very psychedelic, herbaceous. Due to the amount of electronics, it all has enormous impact, but despite the many effects, the Suuns manage to make their songs sound organic and direct.
The songs merge almost directly into one another, there is hardly any break for the ears. Noises are always coming from somewhere. Sampled voice recordings, an electric flute, an alienated saxophone. The singing is so laden with effects that one often does not understand the lyrics. That is already the case on the records and is well intended, the vocals more as an additional instrument than as the focus.
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Exhausting and challenging
All of this is exhausting and challenging. For the band and especially for the audience. A few hundred fans have come to the new Club Hole44 and have stood in line for a long, very long time. 2G concert, which lasts until all evidence has been checked. And one half, it looks like, lets itself in, stands tightly packed, spellbound in front of the stage, moving, where possible, to the beat.
The other half stands further back, is overwhelmed or bored and chatting. But chatting and by the way, you can’t understand the Suuns. Fortunately, it keeps getting so loud that you can actually no longer talk. And when the sound rolls so nicely, the musicians sometimes nod imperceptibly and with a very quiet smile: Yes, that’s the way it should be! So loud, so confused, so blatant, so full of sound the whole place.
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Broadcast: Inforadio, November 3rd, 2021, 6.55 a.m.
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