They describe their music as “thick, fuzzy guitar tones and heavy, pounding drums. Where STH does it their own way is in the dynamics within each song, the switch from sad to angry, depressed to destructive.” Five More Failures delivers: “Choke” is pure brutality, the anger at the song’s antagonist drips like venom from the speakers, “Holy Water” has a killer hook and groove infused with heavy metal guitar and drums while maintaining a pop sensibility that could make it a hit (at least with fans of nihilism), and on “Don’t Deny It” Frazier spits out venom at lightning fast speeds. “No One’s Someone” is more atmospheric, sadly sparse and deeply melancholy for the first half of the song before exploding into a fit of musical and emotional fury, the pain and anger of loss palpable in Frazier’s wail. The EP concludes with “Run My Shit,” a light romp through sunny fields – kidding! It too is brutal, thrashing guitar and head-banging beats.

I’m casual friends with Lucas Frazier (guitar/vocals) and Jake Grove (drums) on social media and get small glimpses into their “real” lives. Their looks and personalities kinda remind me of the dichotomy between Loki and Thor: one dark, sinister (Frazier – though he has the most adorable little Pomeranian pup, I believe named Annie, and will post pictures of her giving him kisses, etc. so I guess not that sinister; he’s also a really enjoyable guy to chat with in person); the other lionesque bright blonde thunder power (Grove, though also down-to-earth, a dad, plays drums barefoot, etc) and the two mythical energies match and amplify each other to produce a force of nature.

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(photo credit to Mike Collins)

After fellow Cincinnati-ites Lemon Sky played an amazing psychedelic-swirled set (more on them later this week), Suck the Honey ripped into a fuzzed-out, brick heavy, head-banging set of songs, most from All Hail Having Failed, including Halloween appropriate “In Love With a Ghost,” “What Makes a Man a Boyfriend,” and one of my favorites from the LP “Bite Yr Tongue” which I recorded and you can view here. STH’s music is dark, grungy and vicious, earning them some comparisons to Nirvana (Jake Grove said they’re not particularly influenced by Nirvana and I pointed out that people may correlate the two because both bands aren’t energetically spitting out unicorns and sparkly rainbows). I felt strains of The Toadies (they haven’t listened to them much either) on “They Want Meat,” The Pixies (I didn’t ask) on “Right Where It Hurts” and Milwaukee’s The Frogs (I would be surprised if they knew about them, but maybe!) on the title track “All Hail Having Failed.” All of that said, Suck the Honey is a true original, composed of sheer power and a must-see live.

Lucas Frazier, not spitting out unicorns or sparkly rainbows

Suck the Honey playing the back room of the Moonlight Bar & Grill in Beaver Dam, WI. Note the pool table tipped over on its side to make room for the bands.

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