Sucioperro
>> Random acts of intimacy
>> Captains of Industry
Those with a bit more than basic conversational Spanish may stop and furrow their brow when picking up this album. Apparently, Sucioperro is dago for ‘dirty bitch’. The things you learn! But what do we know of this Ayrshire quartet already? We know that they are from Ayrshire and are made up of four individuals (without going too far out on a limb you’ll notice). And that “Random Acts of Intimacy” is their debut album. What else is there to know? That eleven very excellent songs can indeed be crammed into a mere 36 minutes? That 36 minutes is a frustratingly short amount of time for an excellent album? That an album such as “Random Acts” is the reason that Hi-fi manufacturers created the ‘repeat all’ function on CD players? These are all valid points.
Put simply, it’s a fucking brilliant offering from Sucioperro, especially the singles ‘Dialogue On The 2’ and ‘The Drop’. Many listeners may draw hasty comparisons with fellow Ayrshire noisemakers Biffy Clyro, and it would be impossible to dispute this comparison; much of sucioperro’s sound is similar to that of the Biff (see tracks such as ‘Wolf Carnival’ and ‘Tem V Com’). But thrown in are sweet mixtures of melodies and harmonies akin to Jimmy Eat World; riffs with huge bollocks taken straight from the Rage against the machine school of testicular fortitude; even some shades of Silverchair and Idlewild influence creep in here and there. Sucioperro wear their influences on their collective sleeves whilst retaining a unique sound, combined with skillful songwriting which sees flawless shifts of musical gears, from the urgent and thumping explosion-in-your-face opening of ‘I Don’t Hate It, I Accept It’, to sweet and soulful acoustic nice-fest of ‘Apathy = Inaction’.
I don’t see any good reason for anyone not owning this album. Sucioperro have made themselves one of the most impressive yet understated jewels in the much-admired Scottish music crown.
>> A.J Hazely
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