Sukierae
Anti / dBpm
2014
Rating: 7.5 dreamy anglers out of 10
We can pretend this debut Tweedy album "Sukierae" isn't just another Wilco album if we really want to...but when Jeff Tweedy, the driving force, voice and main songwriter of Wilco puts out a solo (or in this case almost solo, with his son playing drums) release, and it sounds just like his main band, it's a little silly to pretend otherwise. How does this differ from Wilco? Well, the songs are mostly shorter, and there are a lot of them on this record. There are no annoying masturbatory Nels Cline guitar solos. And...that's about it. In fact if you told me this had been recorded around the same time as Wilco's best record, "Summerteeth," and was lost until now, I would totally believe you. The dude is a damn fine songwriter, but he writes a very specific type of song, so let's not kid ourselves.
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