Band of Susans broke up in 1995 after releasing their final album “Here Comes Success” (a bittersweet title), extending their drones and dynamics in still thrilling ways and Robert Poss seemed to disappear from the mainstream. They were as much an influence on the shoegazing sound as Sonic Youth and MBV but never received the recognition or success that was due to them. Certainly the influence of Rhys Chatham and Glenn Branca were audible but there was also a pop sensibility on show too – the frequent nods to the Rolling Stones, the melodies lurking within songs like “Now is now” and “Tourniquet”. Whereas the majority of bands with three guitarists would concentrate on assault and attack, Band Of Susans created music which was more nuanced, based on drones, the overtones created by harmonic distortion in amplifiers and feedback and an almost architectural approach to layering guitar parts. Poss was the founder member and leader of Band Of Susans, a five piece New York based band who released a remarkable catalogue of music between 19. Poss has always been fascinated by sound – from the adventures of the psychedelic guitarists of the 60s to the effect of resonant frequencies in “I am sitting in a room” to the simple thrill of an overdriven guitar amplifier on the verge of feeding back. The term actually means “a lover of sound” and if anyone is a lover of sound in all its forms it is Robert Poss. These days an audiophile is seen as a nerdish record collector type slavishly hunting for the perfect stylus / turntable / amp / speaker combination to enjoy their precious “vinyls”. The term “audiophile” has become debased in the last few decades. Robert Poss – “Songs, drones and fairy dust”
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