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Artist: Smile Smile
Album: Truth Or Tape
Label: Kirtland Records
Playtime: 30:53 min
Genre: Indie
URL:
Rip date: 2010-02-10
Street date: 2010-02-09
Size: 43.47 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 186 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Blend hauntingly beautiful vocal lines with a modern folk sound, add
emotionally bare, intimate lyricsàand the result is Smile Smile. The Dallas
duo will release their sophomore album, TRUTH ON TAPE, via Kirtland Records
on February 9th, 2010. A fitting description of Smile Smile comes from the
bandÆs hometown newspaper Dallas Observer: ôA sort of Clap Your Hands Say
Yeah/Mazzy Star hybrid of sing-along folk, buzzy-country leaning tunes and
uptempo/downtempo swings, with brilliantly unconventional songwriting and
smart harmonies anchoring the whole deal.ö
Comprised of singer/guitarist Ryan Hamilton and singer/pianist Jencey
Hirunrusme, Smile SmileÆs music chronicles the personal lives of Hamilton and
Hirunrusme, two musicians who fell in love and started a band. The pair
released their first album, BLUE ROSES while planning their lives together:
they got engaged, shared a home and looked towards the future as a married
couple. Along the way infidelity ensued, the dream crumbled and the two ended
their relationship, but not their musical ties. The songs on TRUTH ON TAPE
detail the heartbreaking end of a union, emotions to which we all can relate.
Singer/pianist Jencey Hirunrusme commented, ôThe ironic thing about Smile
Smile creating this album is that if we would have never broken up, then this
album wouldnÆt exist. I feel like these songs are hopeful, devastating and so
personal to us. I hope that it can reach out and speak to anyone who has had
their heart brokenàö Singer/guitarist Ryan Hamilton added, ôThis record is a
break-up record. ItÆs about our break-up. ItÆs our story and itÆs true. We
have no intention of being mysterious about what we are to each other or what
TRUTH ON TAPE is about.ö
Smile Smile has toured in the past with such diverse artists as Mat Kearney,
Metric, Loretta Lynn, Simple Plan and is currently on the road with Bowling
For Soup.
"This boy-girl duo give me goosebumps with their lovesick punch. Two voices,
drum machines, a guitar and a keyboard equal undeniable chemistry. It's
emotional without being in-your-face - almost like you're eavesdropping on
some pillow talk." ûQuick DFW
"A sort of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah/Mazzy Star hybrid of sing-along folk,
buzzy country-leaning tunes and uptempo / downtempo swings, with brilliantly
unconventional songwriting and smart harmonies anchoring the whole deal."
ûDallas Observer
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01. Tempo Bledsoe ( 2:34)
02. Beg You To Stay ( 2:37)
03. Cancer ( 2:06)
04. Somebody Else ( 3:43)
05. Truth On Tape ( 3:35)
06. Move Along Folks... ( 2:06)
07. Days Go By ( 2:17)
08. The Attic ( 3:21)
09. Sleepwalking ( 3:09)
10. Goodbye Caroline ( 2:19)
11. Labor Of Love ( 3:06)
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