Sukierae
The double album from Jeff Tweedy and son Spencer carries a subtle, personal theme: many of the songs address, usually in a roundabout way, Jeff's wife and Spencer's mom Susan Tweedy’s battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Sukierae takes her family nickname as its title, and the backstory lends the breezy music a different urgency.
Jeff Tweedy is a remarkably versatile songwriter, even when only considering the output of his main gig, Wilco. For every delicate ballad like “Far, Far Away,” there’s a noise-rock storm like “Kicking Television”; for every Tin Pan Alley pastiche like “Hummingbird,” there’s a hazy fever dream like “I Am Trying To…
Jeff Tweedy makes it a family affair on solo (duo?) album number one. The results relocate the Wilco chief's songwriting mojo.
Father-son bonding activities more typically involve things like camping trips or baseball games than recording an album,…
Wilco's first big splash as a band came with their sophomore release, 1996's Being There. A double album stuffed to the brim with varying styles, moods, and themes, it remains an enjoyable and eclectic listen as a tour through rock and roll and alt-countr
Album review: Tweedy - Sukierae. A bloated, if lulling, almost-solo set from the Wilco frontman…
This solo effort from Wilco’s frontman Jeff Tweedy will do just fine until the next Wilco album comes along, writes <strong>Phil Mongredien</strong>
Sukierae ruminates heavily on growing up, marriage, fatherhood, and the alternately blissful and uneasy life of the Tweedy family.
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy’s debut solo offering not only features son Spencer on drums, but is a beguiling love letter to his sick wife, writes <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>