Fuzzy lo-fi kids and creators of 2009’s lushest summer jams, Smith Westerns are back in a big way. Currently finishing up a US support tour with Florence & the Machine, their second album, Dye It Blonde, will be unleashed on the world early next year via Fat Possum.
Opening track ‘Weekend’ finds the boys sounding less scruffy than when we last saw them but, whilst they might have lost the fuzzy rattle that ran throughout their self-titled debut, they certainly haven’t mislaid the...
Stereogum — It’s the return of Smith Westerns, the young Chicago outfit whose fuzzy, feel-good retrofitted sound came fashioned from a Gary Glitter/Marc Bolan fountainhead, here wi... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt "smith westerns opening for florence + the machine - literally. worst. opening. band. ever. EVER EVER EVER. run away from them. please." - alexand... more info
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Fuzzy lo-fi kids and creators of 2009’s lushest summer jams, Smith Westerns are back in a big way. Currently finishing up a US support tour with Florence & the Mac... more info