{"product_id":"the-smashing-times-come-along-with-me","title":"The Smashing Times - Come Along With Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released on cassette in 2019, this early collection from Baltimore's Smashing Times captures the band before their acclaimed later records, collecting home-recorded songs from the Come Along With Me era that never found a place on subsequent releases. Blending jangly indie pop, homespun folk-rock and off-kilter art-pop charm, these wonderfully unpolished recordings offer a fascinating glimpse at a band already brimming with melody, imagination and DIY spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Well knock me down with a feather.... Here tis' in your lucky mitts lies the primordial cassette canoodlings that emanated up from some far flung Baltimore basement by those most surely now, near mythical, Smashing Times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStately field recordings that seemingly straddle the void between a burgeoning subterranean folk rock renaissance, yet briefly encounter shimmering diy jangle popisms of this old curmudgeons youthquake, without a hint of revisionism ritual, or something trendy (like a emotional complex)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quintet in question perambulate thru 15 (?) dizzying tracks of whimsical art-pop prowess, conjuring up a labyrinth of gear fabness, defying cultural tedium, that you'll be smashed blocked before teatime and soon to bed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo get the picture and lend an ear to the Smashing Times.”\u003cbr\u003e-Sam Knee (Scene In Between)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Vinyl LP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel\u003c\/strong\u003e: K Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre\u003c\/strong\u003e: Indie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: New\/Pre-Order \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number\u003c\/strong\u003e: KLP326LP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode\u003c\/strong\u003e: 0789856132614\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e1. Shade, the Changing Man\u003cbr\u003e2. Romani Coats\u003cbr\u003e3. The Lemon King\u003cbr\u003e4. The Ladder\u003cbr\u003e5. Please Come Along With Me\u003cbr\u003e6. With a Louder Voice\u003cbr\u003e7. Listen\u003cbr\u003e8, Edward Gorey Stories\u003cbr\u003e9. Come Along With Me\u003cbr\u003e10. Noboru's Eyes\u003cbr\u003e11. It Comes and Goes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrowse more \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.southrecordshop.com\/collections\/pre-order\"\u003epre-orders\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf unsealed, we ship records with the LP outside the sleeve to avoid seam splits.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":55601033052536,"sku":null,"price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0342\/2497\/files\/TheSmashingTimes-Comealongwithme.jpg?v=1783686982","url":"https:\/\/www.southrecordshop.com\/products\/the-smashing-times-come-along-with-me","provider":"South Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}