Sua is another of the seemingly endless run of long overdue albums started decades ago that are finally coming out, this time by Athens Georgia natives Is/Ought Gap who were originally formed in 1981 by Bryan Cook and Tom Cheek who enlisted the help of Haynes Collins and Allen Wagner who played loads of local gigs and recorded much of this album in March 1984 at Songbird studios, there are also 4 songs recorded at Bel Air Studios in 2014 and 4 songs from a live show at the 40 Watt in 1985.
The Album opens with Artsy Peace And Love a low fi blast that needs a few deep bong hits of Mexican block weed to really enjoy it as it was intended.
Wake Up Wet sounds a lot like Dimbulb or similar Cle Punk bands, it has an urgency about the worries of why you might wake up wet.
Her Peace has all sort of yelps against the jangly guitars an sax, as he pleads for her love, while having echoes of Summerhill.
Lucky 7 might make you start gambling, at what the almost mumbled vocals are about, as you place all your money on Lucky 7.
He Said has accusatory gang vocals as they try to deny he is speaking the truth as to why things are falling apart, over taut jangly indie pop.
Mad is furious at everything that is out of there control, as the screams and yelps go no wave meets Yip Yip Coyote with a brutal ending.
Voices is of course the albums instrumental, as those voices are internal not to be sung about seemingly, making this like a blueprint for Love Tractor.
The B-side moves us into 2014 as It'll Never Be The Same Again another low fi song for people who are not quite right shows they still know the art of falling apart, normality will never resume.
Meaningless Irregular is about dealing with a total dick of a customer who comes into your shop every once in a while, wants you to fawn over them the self-centred prick that they are, the clatter indie makes clear how unwelcome they really are.
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Miss Meyers could be about a schoolteacher or Russ missus, either way they lust after her unattainable body.
Greycoat isn't about a super expensive church school, but more about a guy who is never seen out of his Greycoat, as the jangling shambling backing, wishes he had a grey anorak instead.
Sua is the first of the live tunes collapsing into life, with buzzing amps, discordant guitars, pained vocals, as the song comes into focus as if the drugs are finally working.
The live version of Artsy Peace And Love starts by stating they've read Artaud, as it goes super low fi scratchy with a sense of urgency as the vocals are spat out.
They then cover Personality Crisis they got it while it was hot, as they rampage through it, like they almost know the tune, it's as ragged as it comes, like the worst Johnny Thunders bootleg versions, as they sound sort of wasted holding on for dear life.
The album closes with a cover of Wire's Feeling Called Love that sounds like a Seeds outtake, as a garage Punk Love song the guitars are sweltering as they try to keep it all together making a magnificently messy ending.
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