Combining the surly slacker rock feels of Pavement, the dreamy jangly twee pop of Heavenly, and the crushingly intimate moments of Liz Phair’s legendary “Girly-Sound” tapes, Smile Too Much delivers lamentations of modern anxiety within a timeless wall of exorcising sound—it’s as if the Spiny Anteaters had just started a delightfully noisy supergroup with Eric’s Trip. This East Bay shoegaze crew consists of Maggie Aytac (ex-the Heartlights), Alex Velasquez (Fast Execution), Alyssa Onaga (ex-Shanghais) and Matt Criss (ex-Lyle Lorraine).
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released May 7, 2021
all songs written by smile too much
Maggie Aytac (guitar, bass, vocals)
Alex Velasquez (guitar)
Juju Bee (drums on these recordings)
Louis Bilman (vocals)
recorded by Jesus Galeno and Jason Testasecca
mixed and mastered by Jason Testasecca
art by Maggie Aytac
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