#498: Suicide - Suicide (1977)

The Abrahams are back at it again with #498: the self-titled debut from the synth-punk duo Suicide. Abraham (Chenzie) and AbraHAM (Guy) brace themselves for a journey into the dark heart of 1977 New York, immediately questioning Rolling Stone's description of the band as "rockabilly" (spoiler: it sounds more like a broken vacuum cleaner than Elvis).

They dive into the duo's unlikely origins, a jazz pianist and a sculptor living in a museum, and how they built a "drum machine" out of junk from a furniture store. The hosts discuss the album's minimalist, "uncomfortable" sound, comparing Alan Vega's vocal performance to a "controlled chaos" art installation rather than traditional singing.

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