There is arguably a certain mental image that comes to mind when you think of the one man band – of laborious hours spent mastering loop patterns, hopping from instrument to instrument, of such a precise sort of musicianship required that it almost seems overtly mathematical, of hopes and prayers that that same precision comes off in the live set. And for what it’s worth Atlanta multi-instrumentalist David Courtright’s Suno Deko project embodies that. But fortunately that’s not all.
With a lot of loop based production, the central conceit is that of subversion of expectations; that the one man band doesn’t sound like one man at all. On “Bluets”, the first peek of Suno Deko’s upcoming Thrown Color EP, Courtright takes his time establishing the necessary layers, building much like he would in his live set instead of offering up a preconstructed polished sound. The thrill of it is with each subsequent layer added, you’re still never quite certain the route “Bluets” will take as it goes from pleasant stone-skipped melodies to rocky guitar roars. The end result is firmly in the middle: melodic guitar pop with just the right amount of punch.
Suno Deko’s Thrown Colors EP is out on No Fear of Pop imprint Stratosfear on July 22nd.
