Sueco ( Sway-co ) is a musician/songwriter/performer from Philadelphia. Sueco started with piano at a young age, and went on to play in rock and jazz bands through college. It was on a soul-searching road trip to San Francisco that Sueco began composing. Influenced by his older brothers record collection, the sound has been described as The Police meets Elvis Costello meets The Cars.

Faded started as another song called "Tidy Ending," about physician assisted suicide. After months of uneasiness about the tune, a new chorus was written, and the whistle hook was added. The verse lyrics stayed the same, and the new chorus was written about a particularly "Faded" waitress. Faded was written and all the instruments were performed by Sueco for the recording.

Sueco has been performing in San Francisco since 1999 and is currently backed by a trio of veteran Bay Area musicians, Juan Caipo/Drums, James Deprato/Guitar and Charles Gasper/Bass. The live shows have been described as "energetic and emotive." Constantly writing new material, Sueco hopes to make song-writing and performing his career.