‘Rare Brew’ marks our point of entry into Suris’ hypnotic, luscious aural universe. An eclectic British duo, the project sees Lindsey and David Mackie at its helm, with over three decades of activity to date. Having first met as students at the University of East Anglia, the pair soon joined forces as a cohesive duo, even becoming a married couple in real life. In ‘Rare Brew’, the Mackies seek to trace a fine line in their longstanding history, collecting a series of remastered singles originally released between 2005 and 2015. It’s a curated collection of tracks from their previous albums.
Packing twelve songs, ‘Rare Brew’ gives us an insightful look at Suris’ incredible genre-bending ethos. It’s hard to pinpoint the duo to a precise influence or scene, but overall, there seems to be a constant tension between dreamy pop tones and fiercer indie textures. That same parallel also exists between the bright cinematic soundscapes and the distorted guitars. It’s a push-and-pull between competing forces, which in turn delivers an intense and ethereal listening experience, one that’s both cathartic and energetic.
Delving deeper into ‘Rare Brew’, Suris explain: “The tracks were recorded from 2005 – 2015, although ‘Big Ship’, ‘All Over Again’ and ‘Vertigo’ were first recorded on a Fostex 8-track reel-to-reel tape recorder in 1992! Elements of those original recordings are still present in these versions.”
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