SMITHS - Hatful of Hollow LP r&b Within this inspired marriage of

Within this inspired marriage of Central African music and post-punk electronics

the 12 songs on the new album convey an eclectic blend of genres leaping from the many musical lives he has lived from following his evangelical Gospel-singing mother on tour as a child in Michigan to rapping in Atlanta

while Bob Goodsite leans in on his wah-wah and phaser pedals

bright tones while singer/lyricist Victoria Ruiz spits out her frustrations and passions

Your Mind Was Never Free - The Zero End

SMITHS - Hatful of Hollow LP r&b Within this inspired marriage ofThe Smiths must have sounded like nothing else in 1983. The band were a live tour de force but also poetic and lyrical. Match the Byrds like guitar playing and a particular kind of Manchester melancholy with a vocalist who sounds like a demented seal and there you have it. Hatful of Hollow was a wonderful compilation of the Smiths earliest moments with many tracks taken from John Peel sessions. This gives them a rawer feel to their album