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  • Summary: The fifth full-length release from New York ambient country band SUSS contains a track featuring the late Gary Leib, who died in March 2021.
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  1. The Wire
    Oct 22, 2024
    80
    Atmospheric and engrossing, Birds & Beasts is a quiet triumph. [Oct 2024, p.62]
  2. Uncut
    Aug 1, 2024
    80
    Birds & Beasts is nothing if not vivid – a summoning of the mythical American landscapes that kept pilgrims heading west. Despite its antecedents, the album is rarely conventional. [Aug 2024, p.41]
  3. Mojo
    Aug 1, 2024
    80
    This NYC ambient country trio continue to evolve on their fifth LP. [Sep 2024, p.94]
  4. Aug 1, 2024
    78
    Birds & Beasts doesn’t necessarily surprise, but it crystallizes this band’s essence, particularly as they find their footing after the shocking loss of Leib.
  5. Aug 1, 2024
    70
    The gently insistent synthesizers on “Flight” provide a measure of modernity peeking through the analog soundscape, almost like a familiar lifeline among the big sky groan of electric guitar.