I went to see the Local Natives at the Basement with a couple of fine chums (Will Mooney and Clay Headden, we also hung with Joe Barnes once we got there) the first weekend in May (the weekend of the flood in Nashville).
And, while the Local Natives were great and put on an excellent show… in my opinion the opening band honestly blew them away.
Yes, BLEW THEM AWAY… I thought they were that much better.
And, that’s not speaking negatively about the Local Natives at all (I seriously loved their show), that’s just speaking positive, and honest, about the opening act.
These four guys got up on stage and we didn’t even know the name of their band.
At this point, people are still just kind of standing around and talking… the place is packed but no one is even really paying attention to the random opening act that just walked through the crowd and is now tuning their own instruments.
And, even as the first song started you could hear the chatter of conversations and the clanging of beer bottles more easily than you could hear the lead vocals.
Well… fast-forward about eight minutes later and we’re all trying to sing along (not that we know the words to any of these songs because we still don’t even have a clue who these guys are), but we’re at least trying to “Ohh” and “Ahh” and sing along with every sound they're making.
Once we’re a few songs in, the entire place is rocking and these random guys who demanded no attention when they took the stage have now got the whole audience in the palm of their hand.
Getting closer to the end of their set (right before one of the final songs) Will, Clay and I are standing stage right and we’re trying to find out these guys’ name.
So, I yell at the bass player, “You guys rock!... Who are you?”
He replies “Suckers!”.
To which I assume he is picking a fight… but, then it hits me that that’s their name (which is a cool name, I might add).
The lead singer turns his head and laughs at the odd exchange of “You guys rock… who in the world are you?” He smiles and gives us a “Thanks” and a nod of the head.
Anywho, I picked up their E.P. this summer and it’s awesome.
Its got this energy to it and yet there’s something loose about it and yet it is just plain rock and roll party fun.
I haven’t been able to take this E.P. out of my car for the past few months.
They released an L.P. in June, but thus far I have just been eating-up the E.P.
All of that to say, I highly recommend that you get some Suckers in your life.
Checkout the song "Beach Queen" below. It's the opening track from the E.P. and it will give you a tasty lick of the Suckers...
Beach Queen by Suckers
future islands: a friend played their latest, "in evening air" on friday night. i pulled it down from emusic saturday morning. the album has been on repeat since.
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