Nashville’s Sun Seeker Soundtracks Their New York City – AdHoc

Nashville’s Sun Seeker Soundtracks Their New York City

Nashville’s Sun Seeker make languid, woozy psychedelia with a country bent: ideal for a carefree, sun-soaked day. Their sound is heavily indebted to the city they call home, but ahead of their October 11 show at Union Pool, the group–Alex Benick, Asher Horton, Ben Parks, and Rodrigo Avendano–shared a few of their favorite songs from New York. 
 
Sun Seeker’s debut EP, Biddeford, is out now via Third Man Records. They play Union Pool on October 11 with Steady Sun and Gold Child.
 
Alex Benick (guitar, vocals):
 
Maggie Rogers – "On + Off"
I listen to this song everyday when I lay out poolside, thinking back on homecoming dances and smoking weed for the first time. I don't think that's what this song is about  but it makes me feel good. 
 

Television – "Days"
Sun Seeker has covered this song a bunch of times. Television was probably one of the first rock bands I got into in middle school. Television and Lil Wayne.
 

Crumb – "Vinta"
I just got into Crumb in the last few months and you definitely should too. That's all that needs to be said.
 

Asher Horton (bass):
 
Lou Reed – "Dirty Blvd"
Quintessential New Yawkness! He had a pretty wild solo career but throughout each of his phases remained very "Lou". New York and The Bells are probably the two records I come back to the most.
 

Arthur Russell – "Love Is Overtaking Me"
A truly individual and inspired artist. He’s one of the rare musicians who managed to jump between most conceivable styles of music and do each one just as great as the last.  His documentary “Wild Combination” is definitely worth searching out.
 

The 6ths – "Falling Out of Love (With You)"
I first heard this song in The Adventures of Pete and Pete! That show turned me on to so much great music. The 6ths were a side project of the Magnetic Fields’ Stephen Merritt where he made the music and then got different singers for every song, which turned out to be a successful experiment in my book. This particular song features Dean Wareham of Galaxie 500 and Luna as well as some memorable lyrics about dwindling love and building synthesizers or something? 
 

Ben Parks (drums):
 
Steely Dan – "Any Major Dude"
A true banger. RIP Walter Becker.
 

Margaret Glaspy – "No Matter Who"
I love the way this whole record sounds. Everything is super punchy but blends so well together, especially on this track. Great musicianship all around.
 

Paul Simon – "Run That Body Down"
This is a track off Paul Simon's first solo effort which is a favorite of mine. Featuring the great Hal Blaine on drums. Super breezy.
 

Rodrigo Avendano (keyboards):
 
Since I was young I've always had a distant fascination with life in New York City. One that largely lived in my imagination since what I knew about it was largely informed by television, magazines and history books. I now get to visit the city a few times a year, mostly on music related pursuits, so my experience with NYC is still a fairly supercifial one. 
 
Madonna – "Vogue"
East coast version of Chicago house by the queen of NYC. 
 

The Strokes – "Hard to Explain"
My first teenage wonderment of melancholy in the bib city. 
 

ESG – "UFO"
Music from the Bronx that won't stop giving inspiration everywhere. One of the most sampled songs in history. 
 

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