Useless Eaters

Trashy lo-fi garage rock project Useless Eaters was started by young Jay Reatard protégé and Memphis dweller Seth Sutton in 2008. Working by himself, Sutton tirelessly churned out art-damaged garage rock tunes, mostly appearing in the form of various 7"s until his debut full-length, Zulu, appeared in 2011. That same year brought another full-length release with Daily Commute, as well as a collection of tracks from his then ample discography of sold-out 7"s entitled Cheap Talk: The Singles. Another full-length appeared in 2012 with C'est Bon and Sutton moved in a slightly more new wave direction the next year for Hypertension. The Useless Eaters project had mostly been the work of Sutton on his own up until that point, though he would sometimes collaborate with like-minded garage kingpin Ty Segall. He relocated from the south to the west coast around 2014, expanding the project to include guitarist Byron Blum, bassist -organized quartet version of the band offered up 2014 full-length Bleeding Moon, moving even further in a Devo-influenced direction.