Suckers are stoked to see Lawrence

​Suckers craft a larger-than-life sound that draws on inspirations from different cultures and lifestyles. The Brooklyn band’s catchy and dance-tastic tunes avoid the overbearing glitch and noise most indie pop bands drown in. Coming off of the release of their debut full-length album, Wild Smile, they are embarking on a North American tour with Menomena, and then hitting Europe with Yeasayer. I caught up with guitarist and vocalist Austin Fisher to chat about the album, tour, and baboons.

The Pitch: How did Suckers originate?

Austin Fisher: We formed over time, slowly. Quinn and I are cousins and we grew up down the street from each other. We both moved to New York around the same time and were interested in playing music, but didn’t have a clear vision for a while. We met Pan, the bass player, and played as a three-piece, all sharing percussion duties — we liked to say we were three one-man bands. But we started to feel the limitations of that, and so we added Brian, a Connecticut native like the rest of us. We have a much more dynamic sound than we did when we first started, and decided that we wanted to start taking it more seriously. We had our friend, Anand Wilder (of Yeasayer), produce an EP for us.