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The Suddyn Road to Success

Added on January 3, 2012

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Alison Richter, Aritsthead Contributing Writer   

 

Formed by brothers Alan and Jarrett Steil, Suddyn is a unique mix of piano-driven rock with a heavy dose of electronica woven into their sound. The band’s founders grew up in New York, where they both studied music and played in school bands. Suddyn is their first collaboration and has taken them across two continents, performing over 400 shows. They have recorded two discs, Dark Lights andBefore the City, produced by Grammy winner David Kahne (Paul McCartney, Sublime), and charted three Top 30 hits in the U.K., where they’ve toured and built a solid fan base. Upon their return to the U.S., Suddyn traveled to Los Angeles, where they now reside, for a series of dates that opened doors to radio airplay and television placements, laying the groundwork for a promising new year.

     In a recent interview, Alan Steil discussed the band’s unusual start and their steady, successful climb.

In an interesting twist, you “honed your music while touring through Ireland.” Obvious first question: Why Ireland?

Jarrett and I are from a town called Montauk, at the very end of Long Island. Every year, hundreds of Irish students come over to work and drink for the summer, so we made some solid Irish friends over the years. Also, we love rain and we thought if the music did not work out that we would have a good chance of trapping a leprechaun and stealing his pot of gold! We definitely got the rain, but the leprechaun eluded us … for now, anyway.

Ireland has a great music scene and some great craic — that is actually the Irish word for fun — no joke! Musically, we learned a lot playing the streets of Ireland, and along the way we developed a solid appreciation for fireplaces, drinking and sing-alongs. What started as a two-month trip turned into a two-year residency.

You also charted three Top 30 hits there as an unsigned band. How did you accomplish this, and why is this easier to do in the U.K. than in the U.S.?

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