SML - HOW YOU BEEN // out now on all platforms
SML
HOW YOU BEEN
LP, CD, DD in stores worldwide
“dazzling” -NY Times
“As at home at a rave as it would be a smoky jazz club…utterly thrilling.” -Bandcamp Daily
“a transportive, innovative collection" -KEXP
“Bewildering in the best way...Is there anything this group can’t do?" -Futurism Restated
“grooves that move and provoke and challenge" -Aquarium Drunkard
“SML have mastered their own musical language.” -AllMusic
“A headphone record of the highest order” -Raven Sings The Blues
“Everything they do is in lockstep with each other, even when it sounds like every member is doing something impossibly different.” -Paste
“While the final product is meticulously and mindfully constructed, it also captures the kinetic and collaborative energy of the group's freewheeling performances.” -Qobuz
“Strikingly original — and wildly evocative... this is important work.” -SPIN
Today, November 25th, LA-based quintet SML (bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist Josh Johnson, drummer Booker Stardrum, and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann) release the new album How You Been on all streaming platforms (following it's November 7th release on LP, CD, and digital download, which put the album at #10 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Albums chart). The band also shares today an animated video by Nespy5euro, for the title track "How You Been" — watch it here.
SML in NYT
ICYMI... The New York Times published this incredible feature on the band, written by Grayson Haver Currin, with amazing photos by Ariel Fisher.
“SML doubled down on their exploratory process for the absorbing "How You Been." The album combines fragments from six shows recorded in four cities, the music from the stage sometimes preserved but other times edited, manipulated and rearranged beyond recognition. Saxophone and guitar bleed into one another, while the rhythm section shifts between techno pulse and wobbly unpredictability.”
Upcoming Shows
Following an epic London debut at Church of Sound, SML return to the US for upcoming shows that include Thalia Hall in Chicago, a three-night stand at Los Angeles's Zebulon, two nights at The Sultan Room in Brooklyn, and more — see all dates below.
December 1st - Los Angeles CA - Zebulon - tickets
December 2nd - Los Angeles CA - Zebulon - tickets
December 3rd - Los Angeles CA - Zebulon - tickets
December 11th - Philadelphia PA - Solar Myth - tickets
December 12th - Brooklyn NY - The Sultan Room - tickets
December 13th - Brooklyn NY - The Sultan Room - tickets
December 14th - Chicago IL - Thalia Hall - tickets
February 25th - San Diego CA - The Loft @ UCSD - tickets
February 26th - San Francisco CA - SF JAZZ Joe Henderson Lab - tickets
February 27th - San Francisco CA - SF JAZZ Joe Henderson Lab - tickets
March 26th - Knoxville TN - Big Ears Festival (3 night residency) - tickets
March 27th - Knoxville TN - Big Ears Festival (3 night residency) - tickets
March 28th - Knoxville TN - Big Ears Festival (3 night residency) - tickets
DELUXE VINYL PACKAGE
How You Been comes on a 140 gram vinyl LP, inside a heavyweight reverse-board jacket with IARC obi strip and poly-lined printed inner-sleeve. Lacquers cut by Daniel K at SST, and pressed at Pallas in Germany.
Limited Edition *Plankton* Color Vinyl - $29
Classic Black Vinyl - $24
also available on
Compact Disc - $15
