Artist description You reach a point where nothing seems kind any more. A place, like a dim downtown hotel room at the end of a relationship, where you recognize the depravity of all me, including yourself, and realize there is nothing you can do. You taste the dirt in that room, and a strange music bleeds through the walls – music without a name but its combination of influences and styles is hauntingly familiar. This is the mordant vibe of Suffering and the Hideous Thieves’ brilliantly bitter debut album “Real Panic Formed.” Its miasma of gorgeous dark flavors begins with a strikingly sincere ballad about failed romance and reliance on prescription drugs (“All My Friends are on Prozac”), swirls into the crashing wake-up call of “Cure Violence With Violence,” and careens into the receiving of solace and rest in the great afterlife (“Disappear”). As Shane McGowan once said, “I’ve seen my friends fall / Some fell into heaven / Some fell into hell” This album’s nine tracks run that spiritual gamut. Adored by Seattle-area live music fans, with a sound reminiscent of classic albums like “From Her to Eternity” and “Junkyard,” the band consists of contemplative-psychotic singer/songwriter Jeff Suffering (Raft of Dead Monkeys) and insouciant guitarist Devin Welch, joined by the whole rhythm section of Barsuk’s band The Prom, with James Mendenhall on piano, Dave Broeckeron bass, and B.J. Brown on drums. The violin is played by Seth Warren of Red Stars Theory; classical cellist Serena Tideman contributes a gorgeous bottom end; further acoustic guitar comes from Luke Abrams; and final flourishes are from accordion and keyboards, played by Andy Myers, who plays with Rosie Thomas and Damien Jurado. This is a very ambitious project. Although the songs seem disturbingly personal, they at times can be so huge, they leave you hanging on to the edge of your seat, wondering what is going to topple over. The live show is by far the most intense aspect of this band. You have 8-10 people (depending upon which night you see them), all from their own separate and quite unique bands, coming together organically to play stark yet complex multi-instrumental songs with punk rock ferocity

Music Style Indi

Group Members Jeff Suffering, Evan Morris, Adam Merkle, B.J. Brown, Seth Warren, Lee Brown, Bubba Jennings

Albums Real Panic Formed

Location Seattle, WA - USA

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