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ARTIST
SMUG BROTHERS
TITLE
In The Book Of Bad Ideas
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
ANYWAY RECORDS
CATALOG #
AW 124LP
AW 124LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
10/13/2023
"Since forming in 2004, Ohio rock band
Smug Brothers
have enjoyed a relaxed, almost nonchalant, approach to writing and recording, with most albums being minor Big Bangs -- instant and electric. New LP
In the Book of Bad Ideas
, on the other hand, was a struggle against entropy -- the disorder caused by plagues and departing personnel. Singer, guitarist, and songwriter
Kyle Melton
wrote the majority of the tunes in 'bunker fashion' during the miserable pandemic summer of 2020, then slowly started recording them with bassist
Kyle Sowash
, lead guitarist
Scott Tribble
, and drummer/Smug Brothers co-pilot
Don Thrasher
in 2021. That November, his contributions partially completed, Tribble decamped the band due to a new job and new demands. The exit was amicable, yet left the group in a lead guitar lurch. Melton had little choice but to enter the ring and play solos on some songs. Finally, belatedly, both
In the Book of Bad Ideas
and its sister EP
Emerald Lemonade
were finished in the spring of 2022. And against the odds, the two-year slog produced pleasantly surprising results. On
In the Book of Bad Ideas
, the band's typical, semi-'60s sound -- boasting biting leads and breakneck jangles -- is now fully integrated with synthesizers and crafted with a cool gloss, anachronistically creating the first Smug Brothers album of the early '80s."
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