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Smooth Sounds: The Future Hits Of Wckr Spgt

Shrimper

2XCD $9.25

07/06/2010 759718115826

SHR 158

MC $7.75

07/06/2010

SHR 158

MP3 $13.99

06/22/2010 759718115826

"All of them sparkling clean digital hand-jobs (of late) got me to thinking about the years I spent renting a room above a former farmer's garage, dubbing tapes when my better-minded friends were going to college and/or fucking with crystal meth. Time flies (except when you are constantly typing in 0s and 1s to get someone's laptop to cum) and certainly somewhere, a 16-year-old kid is online awaiting some hilarious critiques of the 20th anniversary Shrimper compilation Smooth Sounds: The Future Hits of Wckr Spgt double-CD: 36 exclusive songs specifically written for this project by Wckr Spgt and then given out blindly to the artists participating. With close to 200 releases under our belt and hundreds of artists that have recorded for the label, it was near impossible to choose bands for this project, so blindly into the depths of the third circle went we.
"Smooth Sounds features key Shrimper acts (Soul-Junk, Sentridoh, Joy, The Mountain Goats, Simon Joyner, Jad Fair), recordings by artists from the surrounding environs that influenced the label (Norma Tanega, Kurt Ross, John Harrelson) and over a dozen new bands to keep intact the spirit of what a Shrimper compilation is supposed to be. The first pressing features covers lovingly hand-decorated by artists who have recorded for the Shrimper label, as well as extensive liner notes by Franklin Bruno. There are a number of festivals set to take place on July 24th, the official 20th anniversary of Shrimper, in Southern California, Virginia, England and New York, with all proceeds to benefit local art collectives. Keep your eyes peeled for more guerilla events that correspond with this release."
--Dennis Callaci

Tracklist

#1 I'm Dressing Myself By Peephole Circus

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#2 She is Electric By Golden Boots

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#3 Robot Vampires By The Perfect Failures

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#4 Transitional Objective By Tinyfolk

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#5 The Ganzfeld Effect By Falcon Eddy

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#6 Smooth Sounds for your Fucking Face By Sentridoh

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#7 A Better Line By Soul-Junk

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#8 Pullman Heights By Joy

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#9 The Gift of Love By Phil Yates

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#10 Actor's Raingear By Ashley Reaks

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#11 No Cheese For Porthos By Toby Goodshank featuring Los Debutantes (of The Moldy Peaches)

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#12 Predator Eyes By The Mountain Goats

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#13 Fits and Starts By Miniature and Presidential

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#14 Tracking Devices By Peter Peter Hughes

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#15 Kurt Cobain Will Have His Revenge on the City of Los Angeles By Alan Smithee

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#16 Boom Boom (Thumb Rights) By Refrigerator

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#17 Chest Pain By Dude Mirror

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#18 Fruitbat Waltz By Charlie McAlister

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#19 Fire on the Lemon By Unitard

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#20 Really Long Fall By The Uncalled For

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#21 God, Waking Up By Primordial Undermind

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#22 Cigarettes and Sunshine By Jad Fair

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#23 Flag Pin (written for Wckr Spgt by Franklin Bruno) By So Many Wizards

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#24 Terrible Criminal By The Human Hearts

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#25 More or Less Alive By Mark Szabo

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#26 Long Beach By Simon Joyner and Chris Deden

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#27 Memorandum of Understanding By The Kurt Ross Band

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#28 Cause and Effect By The Bingo Trappers

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#29 Starcrossed Teen By Amps For Christ

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#30 Landers By John Harrelson

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#31 My Secret Prison By Adam Lipman and Leon Reid

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#32 Okayz Corral By Baboonz

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#33 We Were Warned About Factionalism By The Ah Club

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#34 Princess Cat By Kukunuku

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#35 Look Forward to Dying (Alone) By Desperation Squad

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#36 Robot Vampires of Reprise By Breathilizor

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