Sukierae
Tweedy
Sukierae
Tweedy
Tweedy, the band, is a collaboration between Jeff Tweedy, best known as the founder of the pioneering Chicago rock band Wilco, and his 18-year-old son and drummer Spencer Tweedy. dBpm Records, in conjunction with ANTI, release ‘Sukierae’ (sue-key-ray), the debut release by the aptly-monikered duo Tweedy.
Sukierae features 20 new songs penned by Jeff, performed by Tweedy father and son along with a host of musical guests. “When I set out to make this record, I imagined it being a solo thing, but not in the sense of one guy strumming an acoustic guitar and singing,” Jeff said.
“Solo to me meant that I would do everything - write the songs, play all the instruments and sing. But Spencer’s been with me from the very beginning demo sessions, playing drums and helping the songs take shape. In that sense, the record is kind of like a solo album performed by a duo.” With Spencer on drums, Jeff handles his usual guitars and vocals, as well as bass and keyboards. Backing vocals on Sukierae come courtesy of Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of the Brooklyn-band Lucius. Musician Scott McCaughey (R.E.M., The Minus Five, The Baseball Project) lends additional keyboard support on Sukierae.
Jeff Tweedy is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer. Spencer Tweedy, despite his young age, has already handled drum duties on the acclaimed album One True Vine by soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples.
Review
Lou Fulco
When the band Uncle Tupelo broke up 20 years ago, Jeff Tweedy went on to form Wilco. Over the years since he has introduced us to heartbreakingly beautiful songs that are rich with aching sorrow or pure unbridled joy. Since the early Americana of A.M. and Being There, Wilco have gone on to forge new heights in experimentation in song craft. Whether or not the shift in style kept you on the ride, the undisputed fact is that Tweedy has become one of the most daring and accomplished songwriters of our generation. Now he joins forces with his son (and drummer), Spencer, and a slew of musicians, plus other members of Wilco, to bring us Sukierae.
On first listen, these 20 songs sound and read like a Tweedy solo project but then you get involved, and invested, and hear the beautiful interplay between instruments and voice. The album starts with the sonically textured ‘Please Don’t Let Me Be So Understood’ and moves into the mellow but rich ‘High as Hello’. Okay, so these tracks aren’t so removed from the Wilco of today. But from here, the acoustic guitar and voice take front and centre position, and we are thrown back to material more circa Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Tracks like ‘Kamera’ and ‘War on War’ come to mind, and are no more apparent than when hearing the first single (and beautifully animated film clip) ‘Summer Noon’. When Tweedy says that this is a solo album performed by a duo, I say we’ll take it any way we can. It really is a beautiful listen.
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