Suss slow the weekend down with ambient-country album Counting Sunsets

Suss released Counting Sunsets as part of the 15 May album wave, making it a strong 16 May weekend-listening recommendation for readers who want something more spacious than a standard indie record. The group’s sound is often described as ambient country, which is a useful phrase because it captures both the rural warmth and the slow-motion drift in their music. Pitchfork’s roundup describes the album as meditative and instrumentally rich, using pedal steel, piano, slide guitar, autoharp, synths, harmonium, acoustic guitar, tape loops and harmonica.

That combination makes Counting Sunsets feel less like songs in the traditional sense and more like landscapes that gradually change color. The title is perfectly chosen. This is music that asks listeners to slow down long enough to notice transitions: daylight to dusk, one note into another, solitude into calm. For an indie digest, Suss are important because they broaden the idea of what independent music can do. It does not always need hooks, confessions or festival energy. It can also create a room for stillness. On a busy release weekend, Counting Sunsets is the album to put on when the noise finally drops away. Source: https://pitchfork.com/news/15-new-albums-you-should-listen-to-now-kevin-morby-drake-smerz-and-more