Suspire

Suspire are a Glasgow-based group active since 2012, with a lineup that includes Brian Cunningham, Clare Duffin, Mark Duffin, Paul Duffin and Chris Yacomine. The band has also performed as a three-piece and has had various line-ups over time. Their music is described as indie and alternative rock’n’roll with synth-pop and synth-rock elements.

Performances and touring

Suspire support acts including Shonen Knife, XSM, Dutch Uncles, Cosmic Rough Riders frontman Daniel Wylie and RM Hubbert. They also appear at festivals such as RockNess and the Edinburgh International Festival in 2010 and 2011, and play the Kilmarnock Edition Festival with The View and Kassidy in February 2012. The band tours briefly in France in 2009, and in the USA and Canada in 2011.

Recordings and reception

The single “Salvation Sister” is produced by Gordy Goudie, the guitarist in Echo and the Bunnymen. It outsells releases by Björk, Martha Wainwright and Josh Osho in the same UK chart week and wins the Scottish New Music Award for best alternative/indie recording of the year. Another single, “Get Yourself Together”, is also produced by Goudie.

Radio play

Suspire receives radio airplay in the UK on Jim Gellatly’s Clyde 1 show, Amazing Radio, Radio Six International, Salford City FM, Dune FM and Pulse FM. In the United States, the band gains airplay in Washington, D.C. and on Pacific FM in San Francisco.