How You Been

There are few feelings I appreciate as much as that which stirs within when I listen to an album that immediately captivates me. Often I enter a phase of obsession; I listen to the album on repeat. I hear it in my sleep. My mind’s contours temporarily reshape along these new lines. This was all the more exacerbated when I saw the band perform it live at the their third and final album release show at the Zebulon. My mind was still utterly consumed by the fire of the aforementioned obsession, and yet I was still utterly unprepared for not only how mesmerizing the band would be live, but how much it would concrete said obsession within me. I still feel the same fire I felt then, on the cusp of the new year, and I anticipate this album only continuing to grow on me for much, much longer.

From that point, my brain has been all SML. It has been dictated by the wonderfully unctuous grooves the group so lovingly crafted. And, truly, the best thing I can say to recommend this record is that I firmly believe the incredibly nuanced, flavorful, and spectacular sounds present on it have the ready ability to stir within anyone the same sense of wonder it does within me.

Favorite Song: Taking out the Trash