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Reviews
"Ok – the first question has to be what does the bands
name mean ? – (phonetically it’s - Sooch-ee-oh-perro) – Which
in Spanish means “Dirty –Bitch” - For one they are
wholeheartedly male, but this is an album embarrassed by it’s
riches, contained within the filthy, heavy math/emo influenced
rock. In fact, if it’s genres we’re talking about, this is
very similar stuff to the output of fellow Ayr outfit Biffy
Clyro (check out in particular “Wolf Carnival”). The Bio for
the trio is sketchy – someone in Biffy was involved it seems
...once. Perhaps, the best reference available is that the
singer (The Dragon) is also behind Marmaduke Duke (which
actually does feature members of Biffy) .
Onto the album and there’s just short of a dozen intense
tracks, bar one slower, ballad based outing (“Apathy =
Inaction”). Strike out the first bars of “Grace Out Of Me” and
it’s definitely embellished with melody, trick timings and
open / shut chords, undulating riffs and a real sense of hard,
infectious rock. Current single “Dialog On The 2” is an
awesome compendium of thick chords, bobbing under The Dragon’s
commanding vocal layer. But personal favourite is “Tem v Com”
which has the best tune so far, literally welded to a heavy
rock work out.
“Random Acts Of Tenderness” doesn’t have one lesser track on
it and for fans of jagged, often bone crushing rock, lit by
ambitious anthemic melodies, this is a must – you won’t be
disappointed." 4.5/5
Manuel Ecostos -
Manchester Music
"Emo” is a very dirty word in the music business these days;
connotations of choppy black fringes and gurning Americans
surround it. Sucioperro (Spanish for “Dirty Bitch” are Emo;
but in the best sense - emotionally charged rock.
Slighter and less Metallic sounding than their fellow Scots
Biffy, The ‘Soosh’ as they’ve come to be known meld together a
melodic, acoustic side with a brash, noisy alter ego - and
it’s when this side of them comes out that the band really
grab the attention. ‘Grace + Out Of Me’ is like a gauche
pre-pubescent teenager for the most part - all lilting delay
laden guitars - until it suddenly grows a big pair of hairy
bollocks and unleashes a dirty, dirty, dirty riff, and The
title track could be a bit wishy washy stadium rock without
the gritty lyrics of “She fucking haunts me, she fucking
haunts me!” - and of course one of those growling Nirvana-esque
breakdowns.
On top of this there’s the disco style beat and Math Rock
guitars of ‘Dialogue On The 2’ (surely a trace of frontman,
The Dragon’s (don’t ask) side project Marmaduke Duke seeping
through), and stop/start riffing on ‘List Of What Needs Said’;
like a naïve Fugazi.
Part of the awesome Captains Of Industry stable; Sucioperro
are a mighty addition to their growing army of alternative
rock, anti-industry soldiers"
Liam McGrady -
Subba-Cultcha |
