Alt Citizen: Introducing AC15, a series of back-to-back shows, 6-nights-in-a-row, with 20+ live acts across multiple beloved venues in NYC from Sept 9-14.
Our live show series is a homage to the OG NYC music festival and conference, CMJ (College Music Journal), an annual happening that took over the city and made us all discover new artists up close and personal.
All for the love of Music Discovery. So fun and cool! And so important!
Hey SUO! I see you’re performing at the Alt Citizen 15 year anniversary show 9/9 THE KICK OFF at Night Club 101 with Lulu Van Trapp, Promiseland, D. Truet and hosted by Brittany Marino!
photo: @el.Miguel.ito
Have you performed with any of the other acts or performed at Night Club 101 before?
I’m actually trying to think if I’ve performed full sets with either Promiseland or Lulu Van Trapp, they’re both longtime good friends of mine. Promiseland we must have been on a bill together at some point. Johann is so fun to watch and has so much energy. I’ve played solo sets with LVT in Paris. Once they did a DJ set after I played where they sang their songs over the tracks and it was so good that I thought they were just singing some classics. I was stoked when Rebecca told me they were some of LVT’s new songs. We played a stripped down set together in Paris last September when SUO was on tour with Josephine Network in a really cool record shop and it was beautiful, so I’m really excited to see them in their full capacity.
You just released a new music video “The Troubling” on 8/26! Can you walk us through the new vid a bit?
I wrote all about “The Troubling” in the follow up BTS post that I made for the video on Instagram so I’ll leave it at that
But I won’t be playing this on the 9th. Sticking to straight rock bangers only.
THE BTS:
How long have you been performing and how long in NYC?
I’ve been performing and writing songs since i was 15 in various bands. So over 20 years now. I went to school in Boston and we would come down and play pianos and mercury lounge and some DIY spots in Bk and LIC that are no longer there anymore. I moved back to NY (I’m from Long Island ) in 2012 and started the band BOYTOY. We stopped at the end of 2018 and I started SUO shortly after as a solo endeavor.
What do you have planned for the future? Releasing any more music or enjoying the excitement of the music video?
I’ve got a bunch of music ready to release and more videos that I’m working on. I have a whole albums worth of songs that i decided to slowly release as singles with videos so that each one has its moment to shine. They all felt like their own world and are all a bit different from each other so it felt apt to do it this way. More of these to come.
Where can people find your music/you?
You can find my music on every streaming service there is ! Videos are on Instagram and YouTube and listen everywhere else
Last thoughts or words?
Big shout out to my band, Josephine Singer (Josephine network) , Max Hersh (dirty fences, Hershguy), Robert Earl Thomas (Widowspeak). It’s so fun to play with a group of musicians that I genuinely admire and am a fan of. We all love each others songwriting so it’s so fun and an honor to play with my favorite NY musicians. Shout out to Nat Brower (Brower) who played guitar on the record too. Sebastian Gutierrez, Pablo Valero, Angelica, my Mexico City fam that helped make the record come to life and be beautiful, Josh Hahn incredible mixer, and Paul Gold of Salt Mastering !
