Smog - Supper2003 album back in stock on vinyl. where 'dongs of sevotion' and 'rain on lens' switched between intimacy and distance like a game of cat and mouse, on this album callahan is strikingly direct from the beginning, generating an emotional and musical heat that hasn't been heard in his music since 'knock knock'. 'supper' begins with 'feather by feather,' which recounts a tale of moving on from a wild past with typically clever lyrics ("when they make the

there is a bleary-eyed hopefulness – earnest

' but it was with 'around the fur' that the band earned the attention of a far larger audience as it topped the billboard heatseekers chart

Phillipps took advantage of having the back support of a major label and brought in giants of contemporary American music like Van Dyke Parks and ex dB's Peter Holsapple as collaborators

these six tracks illuminate what was one of Patrick’s most creatively exciting periods

rising up again as grass

“It’s fun to mess with things that you’re not supposed to

In the space of ten songs

6 has therefore become a record based on separation – the physical distance between the band members themselves

Booker T’s super-funky ‘Melting Pot’ is also covered by the little-known Underground Vegetables

Solar Motel Band

when he recorded his self-titled album and Either / Or (both originally released by Kill Rock Stars)

Upon writing and recording this album it was important to us that this sense of belonging was also reflected in the album’s craft and therefore we used locally based studios