Sukierae
Tweedy · 2014
71 min · 20 tracks
Loose-limbed folk rock opens into restless guitar noise while Jeff Tweedy’s voice keeps the music close to home.
Top tracks — play these first
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Please Don’t Let Me Be So Understood — The brief opener begins with a plea against being too easily understood, setting an intimate but wary tone before the album spreads outward.
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Diamond Light, Pt. 1 — Its extended, uneasy instrumental passages show how far the father-and-son project can travel from the record’s more compact folk-rock songs.
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Low Key — A buoyant melody and Spencer Tweedy’s lively drumming give the album one of its most immediately inviting songs without smoothing away its lyrical unease.
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Summer Noon — Its spare acoustic setting and measured pace make room for a quietly unsettled vocal; its appearance in Boyhood also connects it to the film’s portrait of family life.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
The album balances varied tempos and arrangements but lacks a strong cohesive arc.
What we noticed
- The first half of the album features a consistent mid-tempo pace, while the second half introduces more varied tempos and arrangements.
- Several tracks utilize layered vocal harmonies, creating a rich texture that contrasts with the sparse instrumentation in others.
- Composition 25% of the score
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7/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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6/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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6/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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6/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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5/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Little footprint beyond its audience. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Moments worth listening for
Where the writing does something specific.
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Please Don’t Let Me Be So Understood
The opening song repeats its plea not to be understood too completely.
Repetition makes the request feel less like an explanation than a boundary established at the album’s outset.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
Disc 1
- 1 Please Don’t Let Me Be So Understood 1:33
- 2 High as Hello 3:56
- 3 World Away 3:31
- 4 Diamond Light, Pt. 1 6:12
- 5 Wait for Love 3:07
- 6 Low Key 3:15
- 7 Pigeons 3:08
- 8 Slow Love 5:32
- 9 Nobody Dies Anymore 4:57
- 10 I’ll Sing It 4:01
Disc 2
- 1 Flowering 2:54
- 2 Desert Bell 3:17
- 3 Summer Noon 3:32
- 4 Honey Combed 2:41
- 5 New Moon 3:39
- 6 Down From Above 4:25
- 7 Where My Love 3:42
- 8 Fake Fur Coat 2:23
- 9 Hazel 2:36
- 10 I’ll Never Know 3:12
What to play next
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