Steven R. Smith - A Sketchbook Of Endings

Steven R. Smith - A Sketchbook Of EndingsWith nearly 25 years of solo recordings and releases to his credit, hermetic Californian Steven R. Smith goes back to the start with A Sketchbook Of Endings, the first solo release under his own name in eight years. Thids album continues Smith's exploration of the intersection of moody post punk and cinematic psychedelia, delivered in lysergic pop song length spurts. Brevity does nothing to sacrifice density or dynamics Smith offers both in abundance

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing with textured blue album jacket

full of emotion and life

their 10th album is a heavy record with shifting sonics and a full-band sound thanks to a return to the classic mid-90s Lycia lineup of Mike VanPortfleet

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Alongside his brother

"Seventeen" began as a Lucinda Williams-esque dirge

Peter Criss does shine on "I'm Gonna Love You" and "You Matter to Me

and the same goes for Boy Sand's appearance on "Dawn Wind

dramatic opener "Breakthrough & Conquer"

Italy was responsible for another classic cinematic exploitation movement around the same time

backwards tapes and the inclusion of a mellotron hinted at a psychedelic influence that would move more center stage with the band's next project - The Dukes of Stratosphear

I realized that there wasn't a car in sight